Bill Text: TX HB4163 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the allocation of money associated with delays of transportation projects.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-09 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB4163 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB4163-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Cosper | H.B. No. 4163 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4163: | |||
| By: Morrison | C.S.H.B. No. 4163 | ||
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| relating to the allocation of money associated with delays of | ||
| transportation projects. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 222, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 222.007 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 222.007. ALLOCATION OF MONEY FROM TRANSPORTATION | ||
| PROJECT DELAYS. (a) The department shall establish a system to | ||
| track: | ||
| (1) fees for delays in transportation projects | ||
| collected by the department from contractors hired by the | ||
| department; and | ||
| (2) liquidated damages retained by the department | ||
| associated with delayed transportation project contracts. | ||
| (b) The system must allow the department to correlate the | ||
| fees and liquidated damages with: | ||
| (1) the project that was the subject of the fees or | ||
| damages; and | ||
| (2) each department district in which the project that | ||
| was the subject of the fees or damages is located. | ||
| (c) Each year, the department shall: | ||
| (1) for each department district, determine the amount | ||
| of money described by Subsection (a) collected or retained in the | ||
| previous year that is attributable to projects located in the | ||
| district; and | ||
| (2) in addition to other amounts, allocate to each | ||
| department district an amount of money equal to the amount | ||
| determined for the district under Subdivision (1) to be used for | ||
| transportation projects located in that district. | ||
| (d) If a transportation project that was the subject of fees | ||
| or liquidated damages is located in more than one department | ||
| district, the department may reasonably allocate the penalty | ||
| revenue from that project between the districts in which the | ||
| project is located. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
