83R4228 MTB-D
By: Uresti S.B. No. 300
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to funding for certain county transportation
infrastructure projects.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 256, Transportation Code, is amended by
adding Subchapter C to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER C. TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE FUND
Sec. 256.101. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
(1) "Fund" means the transportation infrastructure
fund established under this subchapter.
(2) "Transportation infrastructure project" means the
construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of transportation
infrastructure intended to alleviate degradation caused by the
exploration, development, or production of oil or gas.
Sec. 256.102. TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE FUND. (a) The
transportation infrastructure fund is a dedicated account in the
general revenue fund. The fund consists of money transferred to the
credit of the fund under Subsections (b) and (c) and any interest or
other return from investment of money in the fund.
(b) If in the preceding fiscal year the state received from
oil production taxes a net amount greater than the net amount of oil
production taxes received by the state in the fiscal year ending
August 31, 1987, the comptroller shall transfer to the fund an
amount equal to 25 percent of the difference between those amounts.
(c) If in the preceding fiscal year the state received from
gas production taxes a net amount greater than the net amount of gas
production taxes received by the state in the fiscal year ending
August 31, 1987, the comptroller shall transfer to the fund an
amount equal to 25 percent of the difference between those amounts.
(d) The comptroller shall transfer the amounts described by
Subsections (b) and (c) not later than the 90th day after the date
of the end of a fiscal year for which a transfer is required under
those subsections.
(e) Money in the fund may only be appropriated to the
department for the purposes of this subchapter.
(f) Sections 403.095 and 404.071, Government Code, do not
apply to the fund.
Sec. 256.103. GRANT PROGRAM. (a) The department shall
establish and administer a program to make grants to counties for
transportation infrastructure projects.
(b) The amount of a grant provided to a county under the
program in a given fiscal year must be in proportion to the amount
of oil and gas production taxes collected in that county for that
year.
(c) In applying for a grant under this section, a county
shall:
(1) describe the scope of the transportation
infrastructure project to be funded by the grant;
(2) state the amount of funding that the county will
provide for the transportation infrastructure project; and
(3) provide the commissioner's road report required
under Section 251.005 for the previous two years showing the
degradation in transportation infrastructure caused by the
exploration, development, or production of oil or gas.
(d) To be eligible to receive a grant under the program, a
county must provide matching funds in an amount equal to at least
five percent of the amount of the grant.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.