H.B. No. 138
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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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 138 was passed by the House on May 2,
2013, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 7, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 138 was passed by the Senate on May
22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor