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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a prohibition on the use of public money to pay for the |
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alteration of a roadway related to high-speed rail construction. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 199.003, Transportation |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 199.003. USE OF PUBLIC [STATE] MONEY FOR HIGH-SPEED |
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RAIL. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 199.003(a) and (b), Transportation |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) For the purposes of this section: [,] |
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(1) "High-speed [high-speed] rail" means intercity |
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passenger rail service that is reasonably expected to reach speeds |
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of at least 110 miles per hour. |
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(2) "Public money" means money of this state, a state |
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agency, or a political subdivision of this state or money the state, |
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state agency, or political subdivision controls or directs. |
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(b) Except as required by federal law or other state law, |
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including the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. |
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Section 4321 et seq.): |
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(1) the legislature may not appropriate money to pay |
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for a cost of planning, facility construction or maintenance, or |
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security for, promotion of, or operation of, high-speed rail |
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operated by a private entity; [and] |
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(2) a state agency may not accept or use public [state] |
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money to pay for a cost described by Subdivision (1); and |
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(3) this state, a state agency, or a political |
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subdivision of this state may not use public money to pay for the |
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alteration of a roadway related to the construction of a high-speed |
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rail project operated by a public or private entity. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |