| 1 | 1 | | 88R7561 JRR-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Guillen H.B. No. 2341 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to procedures governing a regional mobility authority in |
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| 8 | 8 | | relation to certain federal public transportation funding. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 370, Transportation Code, |
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| 11 | 11 | | is amended by adding Section 370.035 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 370.035. PROCEDURE FOR RECEIVING CERTAIN FEDERAL |
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| 13 | 13 | | PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FUNDING. (a) In this section, "designated |
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| 14 | 14 | | recipient" and "urbanized area" have the meanings assigned by 49 |
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| 15 | 15 | | U.S.C. Section 5302, as that section existed on January 1, 2023. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (b) An authority may not apply for funding under 49 U.S.C. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Section 5307 without the approval of the department. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (c) The department may not give approval to an authority to |
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| 19 | 19 | | apply for funding under 49 U.S.C. Section 5307 unless the authority |
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| 20 | 20 | | becomes a designated recipient. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (d) For purposes of becoming a designated recipient of |
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| 22 | 22 | | funding under 49 U.S.C. Section 5307, an authority must: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (1) demonstrate to the department the appropriate |
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| 24 | 24 | | expertise, financial resources, and gaps in regional transit |
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| 25 | 25 | | service; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2) provide the department with documentation of |
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| 27 | 27 | | concurrence in the selection of the designated recipient, or any |
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| 28 | 28 | | successor documentation required by federal law, by the providers |
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| 29 | 29 | | of publicly owned public transportation service in the applicable |
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| 30 | 30 | | urbanized area. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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