Bill Text: TX HB3444 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to the classification of transportation districts by the Texas Transportation Commission.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB3444 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB3444-Engrossed.html

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88R23927 MZM-D
By: Canales H.B. No. 3444

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the classification of transportation districts by the
Texas Transportation Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 201.105, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
(h) The commission by rule shall prescribe criteria for the
classification of each district as metropolitan, urban, or rural.
The rules must classify a district with a population of more than
one million as metropolitan.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the Texas Transportation Commission shall adopt the
rules required by Section 201.105(h), Transportation Code, as added
by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.