By: Guillen H.B. No. 4180
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the allocation of funds for public transportation by
the Texas Department of Transportation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 456, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 456.009 to read as follows:
Sec. 456.009. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS. (a) The commission
shall adopt rules to allocate funds to designated recipients under
this chapter.
(b) Of the total amount of money allocated under this
chapter, the commission may not distribute:
(1) less than 90 percent of the total amount allocated
under the formula program provided by Subchapter B; and
(2) more than 10 percent of the total amount allocated
under the discretionary program provided by Subchapter C.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.