82R10423 JTS-D
By: Watson S.B. No. 1282
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a prohibition on the use of revenue sharing as a means
of repayment of Texas Department of Transportation cost
participation in a toll facility of a public entity.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 222.103, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (i) to read as
follows:
(a) The department may participate, by spending money from
any available source, in the cost of the acquisition, construction,
maintenance, or operation of a toll facility of a public or private
entity on terms and conditions established by the commission,
subject to Subsection (i). The commission:
(1) may require the repayment of any money spent by the
department for the cost of a toll facility of a public entity; and
(2) shall require the repayment of any money spent by
the department for the cost of a toll facility of a private entity.
(i) The department may not recover money loaned or granted
under this section to a public entity through a revenue sharing
agreement with the public entity.
SECTION 2. Section 222.103(i), Transportation Code, as
added by this Act, applies only to money loaned or granted by the
Texas Department of Transportation on or after the effective date
of this Act.
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.