By: Watson S.B. No. 2168
(Cyrier)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to relief from local matching funds requirements for
certain counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 222.053, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) to read as follows:
(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a county is
considered to be an "economically disadvantaged county" for the
purposes of this section if it meets the criteria as laid out in
Subsection (a) within the past six years and has been included in no
less than five federally declared disasters within the same time
period.
(a-2) For a county described by Subsection (a-1), the
adjustment to the local matching funds requirement shall be
equivalent to the highest adjustment rate set in the last year the
county was considered to meet the criteria described in Subsection
(a).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.