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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of toll project revenue for air quality |
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projects. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 228.0055(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Payments, project savings, refinancing dividends, and |
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any other revenue received by the commission or the department |
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under a comprehensive development agreement shall be used by the |
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commission or the department to finance the construction, |
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maintenance, or operation of transportation projects [or air
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quality projects] in the region. |
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SECTION 2. Section 228.006(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The commission shall authorize the use of surplus |
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revenue of a toll project or system to pay the costs of a highway or |
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other transportation project[, highway project, or air quality
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project] within a region in which any part of the toll project is |
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located. |
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SECTION 3. Section 228.109(d), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), surplus revenue may be |
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used for a transportation [or air quality] project as authorized by |
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Section 228.006. |
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SECTION 4. Section 370.003(14), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(14) "Transportation project" means: |
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(A) a turnpike project; |
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(B) a system; |
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(C) a passenger or freight rail facility, |
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including: |
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(i) tracks; |
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(ii) a rail line; |
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(iii) switching, signaling, or other |
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operating equipment; |
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(iv) a depot; |
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(v) a locomotive; |
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(vi) rolling stock; |
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(vii) a maintenance facility; and |
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(viii) other real and personal property |
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associated with a rail operation; |
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(D) a roadway with a functional classification |
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greater than a local road or rural minor collector; |
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(D-1) a bridge; |
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(E) a ferry; |
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(F) an airport, other than an airport that on |
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September 1, 2005, was served by one or more air carriers engaged in |
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scheduled interstate transportation, as those terms were defined by |
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14 C.F.R. Section 1.1 on that date; |
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(G) a pedestrian or bicycle facility; |
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(H) an intermodal hub; |
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(I) an automated conveyor belt for the movement |
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of freight; |
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(J) a border crossing inspection station, |
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including: |
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(i) a border crossing inspection station |
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located at or near an international border crossing; and |
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(ii) a border crossing inspection station |
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located at or near a border crossing from another state of the |
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United States and not more than 50 miles from an international |
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border; |
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(K) [an air quality improvement initiative;
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[(L)] a public utility facility; |
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(L) [(M)] a transit system; |
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(M) [(M-1)] a parking area, structure, or |
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facility, or a collection device for parking fees; |
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(N) if applicable, projects and programs listed |
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in the most recently approved state implementation plan for the |
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area covered by the authority, including an early action compact; |
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(O) improvements in a transportation |
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reinvestment zone designated under Subchapter E, Chapter 222; and |
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(P) port security, transportation, or facility |
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projects eligible for funding under Section 55.002. |
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SECTION 5. Subchapter A, Chapter 372, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 372.002 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 372.002. PROHIBITION ON USE OF TOLL REVENUE FOR AIR |
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QUALITY PROJECTS. A toll project entity may not use toll revenue |
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for projects that are intended solely to mitigate or prevent air |
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pollution or other adverse environmental impacts. |
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SECTION 6. Section 228.001(1), Transportation Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |