| 1 | 1 | | 84R9992 MTB-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: King of Uvalde H.B. No. 3371 |
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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 the allocation of grants from the transportation |
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| 8 | 8 | | infrastructure fund. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 256.103(b), Transportation Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (b) Grants distributed during a fiscal year must be |
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| 13 | 13 | | allocated among counties as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) 15 [20] percent according to weight tolerance |
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| 15 | 15 | | permits, determined by the ratio of weight tolerance permits issued |
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| 16 | 16 | | in the preceding fiscal year for the county that designated a county |
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| 17 | 17 | | energy transportation reinvestment zone to the total number of |
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| 18 | 18 | | weight tolerance permits issued in the state in that fiscal year, as |
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| 19 | 19 | | determined by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) 15 [20] percent according to oil and gas |
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| 21 | 21 | | production taxes, determined by the ratio of oil and gas production |
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| 22 | 22 | | taxes collected by the comptroller in the preceding fiscal year in |
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| 23 | 23 | | the county that designated a county energy transportation |
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| 24 | 24 | | reinvestment zone to the total amount of oil and gas production |
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| 25 | 25 | | taxes collected in the state in that fiscal year, as determined by |
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| 26 | 26 | | the comptroller; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (3) 40 [50] percent according to well completions, |
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| 28 | 28 | | determined by the ratio of well completions in the preceding fiscal |
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| 29 | 29 | | year in the county that designated a county energy transportation |
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| 30 | 30 | | reinvestment zone to the total number of well completions in the |
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| 31 | 31 | | state in that fiscal year, as determined by the Railroad Commission |
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| 32 | 32 | | of Texas; and |
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| 33 | 33 | | (4) 30 [10] percent according to the volume of oil and |
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| 34 | 34 | | gas waste injected, determined by the ratio of the volume of oil and |
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| 35 | 35 | | gas waste injected in the preceding fiscal year in the county that |
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| 36 | 36 | | designated a county energy transportation reinvestment zone to the |
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| 37 | 37 | | total volume of oil and gas waste injected in the state in that |
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| 38 | 38 | | fiscal year, as determined by the Railroad Commission of Texas. |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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