82R7192 VOO-F
By: Scott H.B. No. 2881
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to state financing of public transportation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 456.003, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 456.003. PARTICIPATION INELIGIBILITY. A transit
authority is ineligible to participate in the formula or
discretionary program provided by this chapter unless the authority
was created under:
(1) Chapter 453 or former Article 1118z, Revised
Statutes, by a municipality having a population of less than
200,000; or
(2) Chapter 451 or former Chapter 141 (S.B. 642), Acts
of the 63rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1973 (Article 1118x,
Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), by a municipality having a
population of less than 300,000.
SECTION 2. Section 456.006(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) A designated recipient that is a rural or urban transit
district, [or] municipal transit department, or eligible transit
authority may use money from the formula or discretionary program
and any local funds for any transit-related activity.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.