SRC-SEW, JEC C.S.S.B. 569 77(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research CenterC.S.S.B. 569
77R8988 JAT-DBy: Cain
Intergovernmental Relations
4/11/2001
Committee Report (Substituted)


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, the City of Grapevine, which encompasses nearly 8,000 acres of
the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW Airport), receives and has
received since the airport opened in 1974 all the tax revenues generated
from activities on the airport's property within its city limits.  The
property was purchased and is owned by the cities of Fort Worth and Dallas,
which provide all municipal services, including police, fire, ambulance,
water, sewer, roadway repair, mowing, and permitting, on airport property
located within Grapevine's city limits at no cost to Grapevine.  In 1995,
expenses for these services in Grapevine topped more than $32 million.
Latest estimates show that Grapevine receives, in taxes alone,
approximately $11 million annually from activities at DFW Airport, and the
estimated annual economic impact on the city totals more than $350 million.
Two neighboring cities that also receive revenue from DFW Airport, Euless
and Irving, have signed revenue-sharing agreements with Dallas and Forth
Worth in order to remedy tax inequities.  However, numerous efforts made by
airport officials to secure a similar agreement with Grapevine have proved
unfruitful.  C.S.S.B. 569 institutes a financial sharing system by which
airport revenues are shared according to certain stated ratios.  

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a
state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Chapter 22D, Transportation Code, to add Section 22.089,
as follows: 

Sec. 22.089.  AIRPORT REVENUE OF NON-CONSTITUENT MUNICIPALITIES.  (a)
Defines "airport revenue." 

(b) Requires each non-constituent municipality, not later than March 31 of
each year, to pay to the constituent agencies two-thirds of the
non-constituent municipality's excess airport revenues for the preceding
calendar year.  Requires the constituent agencies to divide the payment
according to their respective ownership interests in the airport to which
the revenue was attributable.     

(c) Requires each non-constituent municipality each year to retain an
independent auditor to verify the non-constituent municipality's excess
airport revenue.  Requires the constituent agencies to reimburse each
non-consituent municipality for two-thirds the cost of the verification.
Requires a portion of the reimbursement paid by each constituent agency to
be based on the respective ownership interests in the airport to which the
increased revenues were attributable.  Authorizes each constituent agency,
once each calendar year, to audit a non-constituent municipality's records
relating to the excess airport revenue at the sole expense of the
constituent agency. 

(d) Requires each non-constituent municipality to determine the amount of
the municipality's airport revenue according to certain data. 
 
SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 2001. 

SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE CHANGES

Amends As Filed S.B. 569 as follows:

SECTION 1.  Omits original proposed Section 22.089, Transportation Code,
and adds a new Section 22.089. 

SECTION 2.  Changes the effective date from January 1, 2002, to September
1, 2001.