Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

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1	1		By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 812
2		-	(In the Senate - Filed February 9, 2017; February 27, 2017,
3		-	read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation;
4		-	May 3, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5,
5		-	Nays 1; May 3, 2017, sent to printer.)
6		-	Click here to see the committee vote
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9	4		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
10	5		AN ACT
11	6		relating to repayment of money contributed by the Texas Department
12	7		of Transportation or the Texas Transportation Commission for toll
13		-	projects.
	8	+	projects and to a limitation on toll projects.
14	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
15	10		SECTION 1. Section 222.103(a), Transportation Code, is
16	11		amended to read as follows:
17	12		(a) The department may participate, by spending money from
18	13		any available source, in the cost of the acquisition, construction,
19	14		maintenance, or operation of a toll facility of a public or private
20	15		entity on terms and conditions established by the commission. The
21	16		commission[:
22	17		[(1) may require the repayment of any money spent by
23	18		the department for the cost of a toll facility of a public entity;
24	19		and
25	20		[(2)] shall require the repayment of any money spent
26	21		[by the department for the cost of a toll facility of a private
27	22		entity].
28		-	SECTION 2. Section 366.301(c), Transportation Code, is
	23	+	SECTION 2. The heading to Subchapter E, Chapter 228,
	24	+	Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:
	25	+	SUBCHAPTER E. LIMITATION ON TOLL FACILITY DESIGNATION
	26	+	[DETERMINATION]; CONVERSION OF NONTOLLED STATE HIGHWAY
	27	+	SECTION 3. Section 228.201, Transportation Code, is amended
	28	+	by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
	29	+	(c) The department may not operate any part of State Highway
	30	+	255 in Webb County as a toll project.
	31	+	SECTION 4. Section 366.301(c), Transportation Code, is
29	32		amended to read as follows:
30	33		(c) An obligation or expense incurred by the commission or
31	34		department under this section is a part of the cost of the turnpike
32	35		project for which the obligation or expense was incurred. The
33	36		commission or department shall [may] require money contributed by
34	37		the commission or department under this section to be repaid. The
35	38		commission or department may require the money to be repaid from
36	39		tolls or other revenue of the turnpike project or system on which
37	40		the money was spent. Money repaid as required by the commission or
38	41		department shall be deposited to the credit of the fund from which
39	42		the contribution was made. Money deposited as required by this
40	43		section is exempt from the application of Section 403.095,
41	44		Government Code.
42		-	SECTION 3. Section 370.033(m), Transportation Code, is
	45	+	SECTION 5. Section 370.033(m), Transportation Code, is
43	46		amended to read as follows:
44	47		(m) If an authority receives money from the general revenue
45	48		fund, the Texas Mobility Fund, or the state highway fund, it:
46	49		(1) may use the money only to acquire, design,
47	50		finance, construct, operate, or maintain a turnpike project under
48	51		Section 370.003(14)(A) or (D) or a transit system under Section
49	52		370.351; and
50	53		(2) must repay the money.
51		-	SECTION 4. Sections 370.301(c) and (f), Transportation
	54	+	SECTION 6. Sections 370.301(c) and (f), Transportation
52	55		Code, are amended to read as follows:
53	56		(c) An obligation or expense incurred by the commission or
54	57		department under this section is a part of the cost of the turnpike
55	58		project for which the obligation or expense was incurred. The
56	59		commission or department shall [may] require money contributed by
57	60		the commission or department under this section to be repaid. The
58	61		commission or department may require the money to be repaid from
59	62		tolls or other revenue of the turnpike project on which the money
60	63		was spent. Money repaid as required by the commission or department
61	64		shall be deposited to the credit of the fund from which the
62	65		contribution was made. Money deposited as required by this section
63	66		is exempt from the application of Section 403.095, Government Code.
64	67		(f) The commission may [grant or] loan department money to
65	68		an authority for the acquisition of land for or the construction,
66	69		maintenance, or operation of a turnpike project. The commission
67	70		shall [may] require the authority to repay money loaned [provided]
68	71		under this section. The commission may require the money to be
69	72		repaid from toll revenue or other sources on terms established by
70	73		the commission.
71		-	SECTION 5. Subchapter A, Chapter 372, Transportation Code,
	74	+	SECTION 7. Subchapter A, Chapter 372, Transportation Code,
72	75		is amended by adding Section 372.002 to read as follows:
73	76		Sec. 372.002. REPAYMENT OF MONEY CONTRIBUTED BY DEPARTMENT.
74	77		A toll project entity shall repay to the department any money
75	78		contributed by the department as participation in the cost of the
76	79		entity's toll projects, including money from the state highway
77	80		fund, the Texas Mobility Fund, or other sources available to the
78	81		department.
79		-	SECTION 6. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
	82	+	SECTION 8. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
80	83		a loan, grant, or other contribution made by the Texas Department of
81	84		Transportation or the Texas Transportation Commission on or after
82	85		the effective date of this Act. A loan, grant, or other
83	86		contribution made before the effective date of this Act is governed
84	87		by the law in effect on the date the loan, grant, or other
85	88		contribution is made, and the former law is continued in effect for
86	89		that purpose.
87		-	SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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	90	+	SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.