| 1 | 1 | | 85R10249 MTB-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Rodriguez of Bexar H.B. No. 3368 |
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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 eligibility of certain metropolitan rapid transit |
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| 8 | 8 | | authorities to receive funding from certain settlements. |
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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. Subchapter C, Chapter 451, Transportation Code, |
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| 11 | 11 | | is amended by adding Section 451.114 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 451.114. SETTLEMENT ELIGIBILITY. (a) This section |
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| 13 | 13 | | applies only to a consent decree filed in the United States District |
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| 14 | 14 | | Court, Northern District of California, in the case styled In re: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Volkswagen "Clean Diesel" Marketing, Sales Practices, And Products |
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| 16 | 16 | | Liability Litigation, Case No. MDL No. 2672 CRB. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b) An authority created before 1980 and in which the |
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| 18 | 18 | | principal municipality has a population of less than 1.9 million is |
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| 19 | 19 | | eligible to receive funding allocated to this state from an |
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| 20 | 20 | | environmental mitigation trust established under the terms of a |
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| 21 | 21 | | consent decree for eligible mitigation actions. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 23 | 23 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 24 | 24 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 25 | 25 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 26 | 26 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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