83R31860 MTB-F
By: Uresti S.R. No. 1093
R E S O L U T I O N
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd
Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, That Senate Rule 12.03 be
suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the
conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on Senate
Bill 1747 (funding and donations for transportation projects,
including projects of county energy transportation reinvestment
zones) to consider and take action on the following matters:
(1) Senate Rule 12.03(1) is suspended to permit the
committee to change, alter, or amend text not in disagreement in
proposed SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 256.104(a)(1),
Transportation Code, to read as follows:
(1) provide the road condition report described by
Section 251.018 made by the county for the previous year; and
Explanation: The change is necessary to require counties
applying for grants under Subchapter C, Chapter 256, Transportation
Code, to submit only the county's road condition report for the
previous year.
(2) Senate Rule 12.03(1) is suspended to permit the
committee to change, alter, or amend text not in disagreement in
proposed SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 256.105,
Transportation Code, to read as follows:
Sec. 256.105. MATCHING FUNDS. (a) Except as provided by
Subsection (b), to be eligible to receive a grant under the program,
matching funds must be provided, from any source, in an amount equal
to at least 20 percent of the amount of the grant.
(b) A county that the department determines to be
economically disadvantaged must provide matching funds in an amount
equal to at least 10 percent of the amount of the grant.
(c) County funds spent for road and bridge purposes under
the county budget must be credited as matching funds under this
section.
Explanation: The change is necessary to require counties
applying for grants under Subchapter C, Chapter 256, Transportation
Code, to provide matching funds in certain amounts.
(3) Senate Rule 12.03(1) is suspended to permit the
committee to change, alter, or amend text not in disagreement in
proposed SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 256.106(a)(1),
Transportation Code, to read as follows:
(1) provide the department with a copy of a report
filed under Section 251.018;
Explanation: The change is necessary to require a county
making a second or subsequent grant application under Subchapter C,
Chapter 256, Transportation Code, to provide a report under Section
251.018, Transportation Code.
(4) Senate Rule 12.03(1) is suspended to permit the
committee to change, alter, or amend text not in disagreement in
proposed SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 222.1071(b),
Transportation Code, to read as follows:
(b) A county, after determining that an area is affected
because of oil and gas exploration and production activities and
would benefit from funding under Chapter 256, by order or
resolution of the commissioners court:
(1) may designate a contiguous geographic area in the
jurisdiction of the county to be a county energy transportation
reinvestment zone to promote one or more transportation
infrastructure projects, as that term is defined by Section
256.101, located in the zone; and
(2) may jointly administer a county energy
transportation reinvestment zone with a contiguous county energy
transportation reinvestment zone formed by another county.
Explanation: The change is necessary to provide that counties
must determine that an area is affected because of oil and gas
exploration before designating a county energy transportation
reinvestment zone.
(5) Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the
committee to add text on a matter which is not included in either
the house or senate version of the bill by adding the following text
to SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 222.1071(i),
Transportation Code:
(5) pledge money in the tax increment account to a road
utility district formed as provided by Subsection (n).
Explanation: This addition is necessary to authorize a county
to pledge money in the tax increment account to a road utility
district.
(6) Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the
committee to add text on a matter which is not included in either
the house or senate version of the bill by adding the following text
to SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 222.1071, Transportation
Code:
(n) In the alternative, to assist the county in developing a
transportation infrastructure project, if authorized by the
commission under Chapter 441, a road utility district may be formed
under that chapter that has the same boundaries as a county energy
transportation reinvestment zone created under this section. The
road utility district may issue bonds to pay all or part of the cost
of a transportation infrastructure project and may pledge and
assign all or a specified amount of money in the tax increment
account to secure those bonds if the county:
(1) collects a tax increment; and
(2) pledges all or a specified amount of the tax
increment to the road utility district.
(o) A road utility district formed as provided by Subsection
(n) may enter into an agreement to fund development of a
transportation infrastructure project or to repay funds owed to the
department. Any amount paid for this purpose is considered to be
an operating expense of the district. Any taxes collected by the
district that are not paid for this purpose may be used for any
district purpose.
Explanation: This addition is necessary to authorize the
formation of a road utility district to assist a county in
developing a transportation infrastructure project.
(7) Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the
committee to add text on a matter which is not included in either
the house or senate version of the bill by adding the following text
as SECTION 7 of the bill:
SECTION 7. The amendment adding Sections 222.1071 and
222.1072 to Subchapter E, Chapter 222, Transportation Code, made by
this Act prevails over the amendment adding those sections to
Subchapter E, Chapter 222, Transportation Code, made by Section 1,
H.B. 2300, 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, and the
amendment made by Section 1, H.B. 2300, 83rd Legislature, Regular
Session, 2013, has no effect.
Explanation: This addition is necessary to provide that the
amendment adding Sections 222.1071 and 222.1072, Transportation
Code, prevails over other amendments made by the 83rd Legislature
adding those sections.