88R10699 AJZ-D
By: Allen H.B. No. 4386
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain improvements of the state highway system in
certain census tracts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 222, Transportation Code, is amended by
adding Section 222.0012 to read as follows:
Sec. 222.0012. CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS OF STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM
IN CERTAIN CENSUS TRACTS PROHIBITED. (a) Notwithstanding any
other law, and subject to Subsection (b), money described by
Section 222.001(a) may not be used to expand or extend a highway of
the state highway system unless the department determines that the
expansion or extension is not located in a census tract classified
as medium or high vulnerability in the most recent social
vulnerability index published by the federal Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a multimodal
transportation project.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.