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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the allocation of grants from the transportation |
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infrastructure fund. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 256.103(b), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) Grants distributed during a fiscal year must be |
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allocated among counties as follows: |
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(1) 15 [20] percent according to weight tolerance |
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permits, determined by the ratio of weight tolerance permits issued |
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in the preceding fiscal year for the county that designated a county |
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energy transportation reinvestment zone to the total number of |
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weight tolerance permits issued in the state in that fiscal year, as |
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determined by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles; |
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(2) 15 [20] percent according to oil and gas |
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production taxes, determined by the ratio of oil and gas production |
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taxes collected by the comptroller in the preceding fiscal year in |
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the county that designated a county energy transportation |
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reinvestment zone to the total amount of oil and gas production |
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taxes collected in the state in that fiscal year, as determined by |
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the comptroller; |
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(3) 40 [50] percent according to well completions, |
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determined by the ratio of well completions in the preceding fiscal |
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year in the county that designated a county energy transportation |
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reinvestment zone to the total number of well completions in the |
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state in that fiscal year, as determined by the Railroad Commission |
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of Texas; and |
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(4) 30 [10] percent according to the volume of oil and |
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gas waste injected, determined by the ratio of the volume of oil and |
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gas waste injected in the preceding fiscal year in the county that |
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designated a county energy transportation reinvestment zone to the |
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total volume of oil and gas waste injected in the state in that |
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fiscal year, as determined by the Railroad Commission of Texas. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |