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Amend CSHB 300 (Senate committee printing) as follows:                       
	(1)  In ARTICLE 2 of the bill, add the following SECTIONS, 
appropriately numbered, and renumber existing SECTIONS of that 
article accordingly:
	SECTION 2.__.  Section 201.710(c), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(c)  The department shall include projects related to ports 
of entry in its project development program, or its successor 
document [unified transportation program or any successor to that 
program].
	SECTION 2.__.  Section 227.034(a), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A contract for the acquisition, construction, 
maintenance, or operation of a facility on the Trans-Texas Corridor 
may not contain a provision that limits or prohibits construction 
or operation of a highway or other transportation project that is:
		(1)  included in the project development program, or 
its successor document, [unified transportation program] of the 
department in effect at the time the contract is executed;
		(2)  a project of a local government; or                                      
		(3)  constructed or operated for the safety of 
pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
	SECTION 2.__.  Section 228.0055(c), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(c)  The commission or the department may not:                                 
		(1)  revise the formula as provided in the department's 
project development [unified transportation] program, or its 
successor document, in a manner that results in a decrease of a 
department district's allocation because of a payment under 
Subsection (a); or
		(2)  take any other action that would reduce funding 
allocated to a department district because of payments received 
under a comprehensive development agreement.
	SECTION 2.__.  Section 228.006(b), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(b)  The commission may not revise the formula as provided in 
the department's project development [unified transportation] 
program, or its successor document, in a manner that results in a 
decrease of a district's allocation because of a payment under 
Subsection (a).
	SECTION 2.__.  Section 228.117, Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 228.117.  FUNDING FOR DEPARTMENT DISTRICT.  The 
commission may not revise the formula as provided in the 
department's project development [unified transportation] program, 
or its successor document, in a manner that results in a decrease of 
a district's allocation because revenue bonds are issued for a toll 
project located within the department district.
	SECTION 2.__.  Section 362.902, Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 362.902.  INCLUSION OF TOLL PROJECTS IN PROJECT 
DEVELOPMENT [UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION] PROGRAM.  The department 
shall adopt and include in the project development [unified 
transportation] program, or its successor document, of the 
department a list of transportation projects in each department 
district that the department considers to be eligible and feasible 
for tolling.  A transportation project that is included in the list 
is not required to be operated as a toll project.
	SECTION 2.__.  Section 366.407(c), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(c)  An authority may enter into a comprehensive development 
agreement under this subchapter with a private participant only if 
the project is identified in the department's project development
[unified transportation] program, or its successor document, or is 
located on a transportation corridor identified in the statewide 
transportation plan.
	(2)  In SECTION 19.04 of the bill, amended Section 
201.616(a), Transportation Code (page 83, line 2), strike "unified 
transportation program" and substitute "project development 
program, or its successor document, [unified transportation 
program]".
	(3)  In SECTION 19.09 of the bill, amended Section 
223.208(c), Transportation Code (page 84, line 3), strike "unified 
transportation program" and substitute "project development 
program, or its successor document, [unified transportation 
program]".

	(4)  In SECTION 31.02 of the bill, amended Section 
228.012(d), Transportation Code (page 114, line 5), strike "unified 
transportation program" and substitute "project development
[unified transportation]".