88R7561 JRR-F
By: Guillen H.B. No. 2341
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to procedures governing a regional mobility authority in
relation to certain federal public transportation funding.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 370, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 370.035 to read as follows:
Sec. 370.035. PROCEDURE FOR RECEIVING CERTAIN FEDERAL
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FUNDING. (a) In this section, "designated
recipient" and "urbanized area" have the meanings assigned by 49
U.S.C. Section 5302, as that section existed on January 1, 2023.
(b) An authority may not apply for funding under 49 U.S.C.
Section 5307 without the approval of the department.
(c) The department may not give approval to an authority to
apply for funding under 49 U.S.C. Section 5307 unless the authority
becomes a designated recipient.
(d) For purposes of becoming a designated recipient of
funding under 49 U.S.C. Section 5307, an authority must:
(1) demonstrate to the department the appropriate
expertise, financial resources, and gaps in regional transit
service; and
(2) provide the department with documentation of
concurrence in the selection of the designated recipient, or any
successor documentation required by federal law, by the providers
of publicly owned public transportation service in the applicable
urbanized area.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.