1-1 By: Ogden S.B. No. 193 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed January 19, 1999; January 28, 1999, 1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; 1-4 May 10, 1999, reported favorably, as amended, by the following 1-5 vote: Yeas 7, Nays 1; May 10, 1999, sent to printer.) 1-6 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Cain 1-7 Amend S.B. No. 193 (introduced version) as follows: 1-8 (1) Add a new SECTION 2 and SECTION 3 to read as follows: 1-9 "SECTION 2. In order to comply with the change in law made 1-10 by this Act, the Texas Transportation Commission may not expend 1-11 more funds in any fiscal year of the 2000-2001 biennium to adjust 1-12 the minimum local matching funds requirement of economically 1-13 disadvantaged counties than what was expended for that purpose in 1-14 fiscal year 1999. 1-15 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect only if a specific 1-16 appropriation for the implementation of this Act is provided in 1-17 H.B. No. 1 (General Appropriations Act), Acts of the 76th 1-18 Legislature, Regular Session, 1999. If no specific appropriation 1-19 is provided in H.B. 1, the General Appropriations Act, this Act has 1-20 no effect." 1-21 (2) Renumber subsequent SECTIONS appropriately. 1-22 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-23 AN ACT 1-24 relating to disadvantaged county designation for purposes of 1-25 financing a highway project. 1-26 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-27 SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 222.053, Transportation 1-28 Code, is amended to read as follows: 1-29 (a) In this section, "economically disadvantaged county" 1-30 means a county that has a per capita taxable property value that is 1-31 less than one-half the average per capita taxable property value of 1-32 counties in the state or, in comparison to other counties in the 1-33 state, has: 1-34 (1) below average per capita taxable property value; 1-35 (2) below average per capita income; and 1-36 (3) above average unemployment. 1-37 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-38 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-39 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-40 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-41 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-42 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 1-43 * * * * *