| 1 | 1 | | 83R7255 JAM-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Lavender H.B. No. 1485 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to money allocated under the federal-aid highway program. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 222, Transportation Code, |
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| 10 | 10 | | is amended by adding Section 222.036 to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 222.036. FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY PROGRAM OPT-OUT. (a) To |
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| 12 | 12 | | the extent permitted by federal law, the governor shall waive the |
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| 13 | 13 | | state's right to receive money allocated under the federal-aid |
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| 14 | 14 | | highway program and instead elect to receive the portion of the |
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| 15 | 15 | | taxes appropriated to the Highway Trust Fund under Section 9503, |
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| 16 | 16 | | Internal Revenue Code of 1986, that is attributable to highway |
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| 17 | 17 | | users in the state, as calculated by the federal law permitting the |
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| 18 | 18 | | waiver and election. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) A waiver made under Subsection (a) must comply with all |
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| 20 | 20 | | applicable federal requirements associated with the waiver. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. (a) The comptroller shall conduct a study of |
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| 22 | 22 | | how the state might benefit from withdrawing from the federal-aid |
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| 23 | 23 | | highway program. The study conducted under this section must |
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| 24 | 24 | | identify and analyze: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (1) methods by which the state can withdraw from the |
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| 26 | 26 | | federal-aid highway program, including methods that are not |
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| 27 | 27 | | dependent on approval of the federal government; and |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2) the costs and benefits associated with each |
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| 29 | 29 | | method. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (b) Not later than January 1, 2015, the comptroller shall |
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| 31 | 31 | | submit to the legislature and the presiding officers of the |
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| 32 | 32 | | standing committees of the senate and the house of representatives |
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| 33 | 33 | | that have jurisdiction over issues related to transportation a |
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| 34 | 34 | | report containing a summary of the study conducted under Subsection |
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| 35 | 35 | | (a) of this section. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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