By: Davis H.B. No. 5191
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the supplemental appropriation and reductions in
appropriation and giving direction and adjustment authority
regarding appropriation for the development of a statewide
broadband infrastructure for new transportation technology.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 1.01 DEFINITION. In this Act, "ARPA fund" means
money received by this state from the Coronavirus State Fiscal
Recovery Fund (42 U.S.C. Section 802) established under the
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2) and deposited
to the credit of the Coronavirus Relief Fund No. 325.
ARTICLE 2. BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
SECTION 2.01 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: BROADBAND
INFRASTRUCTURE. (a) The amount of $30,000,000 is appropriated
from the ARPA fund to the comptroller of public accounts for the
two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for
immediate deposit to the Department of Transportation for the
development and implementation of a statewide broadband
infrastructure able to support new transportation technology and to
enhance accessibility within the state.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.