Amend CSSB 1420 (house committee printing) as follows:

(1)  On page 36, line 3, strike "Section 228.012(e), Transportation Code, is" and substitute "Sections 228.012(b) and (e), Transportation Code, are".

(2)  On page 36, between lines 4 and 5, insert:

(b)  The department shall hold money in a subaccount in trust for the benefit of the region in which a project or system is located and may assign the responsibility for allocating money in a subaccount to a metropolitan planning organization in which the region is located for projects approved by the department. Except as provided by Subsection (c), at the time the project is approved by the department money shall be allocated and distributed to projects authorized by Section 228.0055 or Section 228.006, as applicable.