By: Raymond (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 138
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2013;
May 7, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 15, 2013, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 15, 2013, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to funding for certain commercial service airport
projects.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 21, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 21.115 to read as follows:
Sec. 21.115. FUNDING FOR CERTAIN COMMERCIAL SERVICE
AIRPORTS. To the extent consistent with federal funding
restrictions, a project involving a commercial service airport is
eligible for financial assistance under this subchapter, including
for inclusion in the aviation facilities capital improvement
program, if the airport is located in a county along the
Texas-Mexico border that has a population of less than 300,000.
SECTION 2. 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, 2013.
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