| 1 | 1 | | By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 1334 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Filed March 6, 2017; March 14, 2017, read |
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| 3 | 3 | | first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; |
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| 4 | 4 | | April 20, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8, |
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| 5 | 5 | | Nays 1; April 20, 2017, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 9 | 9 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 11 | | relating to the allocation categories for state funding of public |
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| 12 | 12 | | transportation. |
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| 13 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Section 456.001, Transportation Code, is amended |
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| 15 | 15 | | by adding Subdivisions (15) and (16) to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (15) "Large urbanized area" means an urbanized area |
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| 17 | 17 | | with a population of 200,000 or more. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (16) "Small urbanized area" means an urbanized area |
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| 19 | 19 | | with a population of less than 200,000. |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 2. Section 456.021(a), Transportation Code, is |
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| 21 | 21 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (a) The commission shall allocate to large urbanized, small |
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| 23 | 23 | | urbanized, and nonurbanized [urban, urbanized, and rural] areas |
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| 24 | 24 | | under the formula program provided by this subchapter the amount |
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| 25 | 25 | | appropriated from all sources to the commission each state fiscal |
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| 26 | 26 | | biennium for public transportation, other than money from the |
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| 27 | 27 | | United States and amounts specifically appropriated for |
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| 28 | 28 | | coordination, technical support, or other administrative costs. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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