85R28915 AAF-D
By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 2227
(Martinez)
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 2227: No.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an increase in and the use of the fee for permits issued
for the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles carrying cargo
in Hidalgo County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 623.364, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 623.364. PERMIT FEES. (a) The authority may collect a
fee for permits issued under this subchapter. Beginning September
1, 2017 [2013], the maximum amount of the fee may not exceed $200
[$80] per trip. On September 1 of each subsequent year, the
authority may adjust the maximum fee amount as necessary to reflect
the percentage change during the preceding year in the Consumer
Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. City Average,
published monthly by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
or its successor in function.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (d), fees [Fees]
collected under Subsection (a) shall be used only for the
construction and maintenance of the roads described by or
designated under Section 623.363 and for the authority's
administrative costs, which may not exceed:
(1) 15 percent of the fees collected from the issuance
of permits authorizing the movement of oversize or overweight
vehicles on a road not listed in Section 623.363(a)(1)(J), (K),
(L), or (M); or
(2) 15 percent of the fees collected from the issuance
of permits authorizing the movement of oversize or overweight
vehicles on a road listed in Section 623.363(a)(1)(J), (K), (L), or
(M) minus the amount of fees used under Subsection (d).
(c) The authority shall make payments to the Texas
Department of Transportation to provide funds for the maintenance
of roads and highways subject to this subchapter.
(d) Fees collected under Subsection (a) from the issuance of
permits authorizing the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles
on a road listed in Section 623.363(a)(1)(J), (K), (L), or (M) must
be used in an amount not to exceed five percent of those fees to
leverage funding from other sources to:
(1) construct a bridge on Farm-to-Market Road 1015 in
Hidalgo County between Military Highway and Mile 5 Road North;
(2) improve the roads described by Section 623.363
that are in Weslaco or Progreso;
(3) improve Mile 5 Road North in Hidalgo County; and
(4) support the construction of roads proposed by the
City of Donna connecting a proposed commercial import lot near the
Donna-Rio Bravo International Bridge to Farm-to-Market Road 493 and
Military Highway.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.