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Amend CSHB 300 (Senate committee printing) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered SECTION to ARTICLE 1 of the bill 
and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of that article accordingly:
	SECTION 1.__.  (a)  Subchapter I, Chapter 201, 
Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 201.713 to read 
as follows:
	Sec.  201.713.  USE OF RECYCLED MATERIALS.  The department 
may use, or enter into a contract to use, recycled materials as a 
replacement for traditional road materials, if the recycled 
materials:
		(1)  meet the department's standards and 
specifications; and         
		(2)  are commercially available, are comparably priced 
to traditional materials, and have received approval by the 
department.
	(b)  Section 201.713, Transportation Code, as added by this 
Act, applies only to a request for bids, proposals, or other offers 
by or on behalf of the Texas Department of Transportation that is 
published on or after the effective date of this Act.