By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 1334
(In the Senate - Filed March 6, 2017; March 14, 2017, read
first time and referred to Committee on Transportation;
April 20, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8,
Nays 1; April 20, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the allocation categories for state funding of public
transportation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 456.001, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subdivisions (15) and (16) to read as follows:
(15) "Large urbanized area" means an urbanized area
with a population of 200,000 or more.
(16) "Small urbanized area" means an urbanized area
with a population of less than 200,000.
SECTION 2. Section 456.021(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The commission shall allocate to large urbanized, small
urbanized, and nonurbanized [urban, urbanized, and rural] areas
under the formula program provided by this subchapter the amount
appropriated from all sources to the commission each state fiscal
biennium for public transportation, other than money from the
United States and amounts specifically appropriated for
coordination, technical support, or other administrative costs.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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