Bill Text: TX HB2374 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the designation of certain federal funds for border infrastructure projects.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-20 - Referred to Transportation [HB2374 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2374-Introduced.html
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| By: Blanco | H.B. No. 2374 | |
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| relating to the designation of certain federal funds for border | ||
| infrastructure projects. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 222, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 222.036 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 222.036. DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN FUNDS FOR BORDER | ||
| INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. As provided by Fixing America's Surface | ||
| Transportation Act (Pub. L. No. 114-94) or other similar federal | ||
| law, the governor shall, each fiscal year, designate at least five | ||
| percent of funds available to this state under 23 U.S.C. Section | ||
| 133(d)(1)(B) for border infrastructure projects. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
