Rep. BANNISTER proposes the following amendment (LC-831.DG0032H):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 32, by striking Section 57-3-205(I)(2) and inserting:

  (2) Notwithstanding item (1), subsection (J), or any other provision of law, the department may enter into agreements with an adjoining state to administer a public-private partnership arrangement structure in the state as long as such agreement has been submitted to the Joint Bond Review Committee for review and comment prior to execution.

Amend the bill further, SECTION 32, Section 57-3-205, by adding a subsection to read:

 (J) No toll may be imposed on an existing roadway unless expressly authorized by the General Assembly. Any tolling structure must be disclosed before the execution of the agreement and must include rate limitations or other mechanisms to protect the public.

Amend the bill further, SECTION 44, by striking Section 12-28-2740(D) and inserting:

 (C)(D) At least twenty-five thirty-three percent of aA county's apportionment of "C" funds, based on a biennial averaging of expenditures, must may be expended on the state highway system for construction, improvements, and maintenance. The Secretary of Transportation, or his designee, shall approve the proposed expenditure based on the anticipated improvement to the existing condition and operations of the state highway system. The Department of Transportation shall administer all funds expended on the state highway system unless the department has given explicit authority to a county or municipal government or other agent acting on behalf of the county transportation committee to design, engineer, construct, and inspect projects using their own personnel. The county transportation committee, at its discretion, may expend up to seventy-five sixty-seven percent of "C" construction funds for activities including other local paving or improving county roads, for street and traffic signs, and for other road and bridge projects.

Renumber sections to conform.

Amend title to conform.