By Hamric H.B. No. 1832
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to county and road district highway fund.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Sections 356.002(b) and (c), Transportation Code,
1-5 are amended to read as follows:
1-6 (b) The money appropriated under Subsection (a) shall be
1-7 allocated among the counties as follows:
1-8 (1) one-half [one-fifth according to area, determined
1-9 by the ratio of the area of the county to the area of the state;]
1-10 [(2) two-fifths] according to total county [rural]
1-11 population, determined by the ratio of the [rural] population of
1-12 the county to the [rural] population of the state; [and]
1-13 (2) one-half [(3) two-fifths] according to miles of
1-14 lanes of county roads, determined by the ratio of the mileage of
1-15 lanes of county [lateral] roads in the county to the mileage of
1-16 lanes of county [lateral] roads in the state as of January 1 of the
1-17 year of the allocation as shown by the records of the
1-18 [State-Federal Highway Planning Survey and the] department; and
1-19 (3) each county shall receive no less than 150% of the
1-20 funding it received in fiscal year 2000.
1-21 (c) On its own motion or at the request of a county, the
1-22 commission may have a survey made of the county's lane [lateral
2-1 road] mileage. If a survey is made, its result shall be
2-2 substituted for the corresponding governmental information to be
2-3 used under Subsection (b)(2) [(b)(3)]. The governmental entity
2-4 that requests the survey shall pay for it.
2-5 SECTION 2. Section 256.003(a), Transportation Code, is
2-6 amended to read as follows:
2-7 (a) A county may use the money it receives under Section
2-8 256.002 only for:
2-9 (1) purchasing right-of-way for lateral roads,
2-10 farm-to-market roads, or state highways;
2-11 (2) funding contracts for construction and maintaining
2-12 lateral roads, as provided by Chapter 262, Local Government Code,
2-13 including the hiring of labor and the purchase of materials,
2-14 supplies, and equipment; or
2-15 (3) paying the principal, interest, and sinking fund
2-16 requirements maturing during the fiscal year on bonds, warrants, or
2-17 other legal obligations incurred to finance activities described in
2-18 Subdivisions (1) and (2).
2-19 SECTION 3. Section 152.122, Tax Code, is amended to read as
2-20 follows:
2-21 Sec. 152.122. Allocation of Tax. The comptroller shall
2-22 deposit the funds received under Section 152.121 of this code as
2-23 follows:
2-24 (1) 1/4 to the credit of the foundation school fund;
2-25 [and]
2-26 (2) 1 percent to the credit of the county and road
3-1 district highway fund; and
3-2 (3) the remaining funds to the credit of the general
3-3 revenue fund.
3-4 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.