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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the grant program distributing money from the |
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transportation infrastructure fund. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 256.103(b), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) Grants distributed during a fiscal year must be |
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allocated among counties as follows: |
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(1) 10 percent according to weight tolerance permits, |
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determined by the ratio of weight tolerance permits issued in the |
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preceding fiscal year for the county to the total number of weight |
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tolerance permits issued in the state in that fiscal year, as |
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determined by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles; |
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(2) 15 [20] percent according to oil and gas |
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production taxes, determined by the ratio of oil and gas production |
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taxes collected by the comptroller in the preceding fiscal year in |
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the county to the total amount of oil and gas production taxes |
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collected in the state in that fiscal year, as determined by the |
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comptroller; |
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(3) 40 [45] percent according to horizontal well |
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completions, determined by the ratio of horizontal well completions |
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in the preceding fiscal year in the county to the total number of |
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horizontal well completions in the state in that fiscal year, as |
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determined by the Railroad Commission of Texas; |
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(4) 10 percent according to the volume of oil and gas |
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waste injected, determined by the ratio of the volume of oil and gas |
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waste injected in the preceding fiscal year in the county to the |
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total volume of oil and gas waste injected in the state in that |
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fiscal year, as determined by the Railroad Commission of Texas; |
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[and] |
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(5) 10 [15] percent according to vertical well |
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completions, determined by the ratio of vertical well completions |
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in the preceding fiscal year in the county to the total number of |
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vertical well completions in the state in that fiscal year, as |
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determined by the Railroad Commission of Texas; |
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(6) 10 percent according to regularly producing |
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horizontal wells, determined by the ratio of regularly producing |
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horizontal wells in the preceding fiscal year in a county adjacent |
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to the county that applies for a grant under this subchapter to the |
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total number of regularly producing horizontal wells in the state |
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in that fiscal year, as determined by the Railroad Commission of |
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Texas, to be distributed equally among counties that are adjacent |
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to the county where the production occurred and that have applied |
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for a grant under this subchapter; and |
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(7) five percent according to regularly producing |
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vertical wells, determined by the ratio of regularly producing |
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vertical wells in the preceding fiscal year in a county adjacent to |
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the county that applies for a grant under this subchapter to the |
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total number of regularly producing vertical wells in the state in |
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that fiscal year, as determined by the Railroad Commission of |
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Texas, to be distributed equally among counties that are adjacent |
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to the county where the production occurred and that have applied |
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for a grant under this subchapter. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |