Bill Text: TX SB300 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to funding for certain county transportation infrastructure projects.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-18 - Referred to s/c on Fiscal Matters by Chair [SB300 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB300-Introduced.html
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| By: Uresti | S.B. No. 300 | |
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| relating to funding for certain county transportation | ||
| infrastructure projects. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 256, Transportation Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subchapter C to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER C. TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE FUND | ||
| Sec. 256.101. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: | ||
| (1) "Fund" means the transportation infrastructure | ||
| fund established under this subchapter. | ||
| (2) "Transportation infrastructure project" means the | ||
| construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of transportation | ||
| infrastructure intended to alleviate degradation caused by the | ||
| exploration, development, or production of oil or gas. | ||
| Sec. 256.102. TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE FUND. (a) The | ||
| transportation infrastructure fund is a dedicated account in the | ||
| general revenue fund. The fund consists of money transferred to the | ||
| credit of the fund under Subsections (b) and (c) and any interest or | ||
| other return from investment of money in the fund. | ||
| (b) If in the preceding fiscal year the state received from | ||
| oil production taxes a net amount greater than the net amount of oil | ||
| production taxes received by the state in the fiscal year ending | ||
| August 31, 1987, the comptroller shall transfer to the fund an | ||
| amount equal to 25 percent of the difference between those amounts. | ||
| (c) If in the preceding fiscal year the state received from | ||
| gas production taxes a net amount greater than the net amount of gas | ||
| production taxes received by the state in the fiscal year ending | ||
| August 31, 1987, the comptroller shall transfer to the fund an | ||
| amount equal to 25 percent of the difference between those amounts. | ||
| (d) The comptroller shall transfer the amounts described by | ||
| Subsections (b) and (c) not later than the 90th day after the date | ||
| of the end of a fiscal year for which a transfer is required under | ||
| those subsections. | ||
| (e) Money in the fund may only be appropriated to the | ||
| department for the purposes of this subchapter. | ||
| (f) Sections 403.095 and 404.071, Government Code, do not | ||
| apply to the fund. | ||
| Sec. 256.103. GRANT PROGRAM. (a) The department shall | ||
| establish and administer a program to make grants to counties for | ||
| transportation infrastructure projects. | ||
| (b) The amount of a grant provided to a county under the | ||
| program in a given fiscal year must be in proportion to the amount | ||
| of oil and gas production taxes collected in that county for that | ||
| year. | ||
| (c) In applying for a grant under this section, a county | ||
| shall: | ||
| (1) describe the scope of the transportation | ||
| infrastructure project to be funded by the grant; | ||
| (2) state the amount of funding that the county will | ||
| provide for the transportation infrastructure project; and | ||
| (3) provide the commissioner's road report required | ||
| under Section 251.005 for the previous two years showing the | ||
| degradation in transportation infrastructure caused by the | ||
| exploration, development, or production of oil or gas. | ||
| (d) To be eligible to receive a grant under the program, a | ||
| county must provide matching funds in an amount equal to at least | ||
| five percent of the amount of the grant. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
