By Ramsay                                             H.B. No. 3048
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to county roads.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1. Chapter 445, Local Government Code, is amended by
 1-5     adding Subchapter D to read as follows:
 1-6           SUBCHAPTER D.  SPECIAL COUNTY ROAD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
 1-7           Sec. 445.101.  DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS. On or before October 15
 1-8     of each year, the Comptroller of Public Accounts shall distribute
 1-9     such funds to counties for the Special County Road Assistance
1-10     Program as appropriated by the legislature.
1-11           Sec. 445.102.  LIMITATION ON USE. All funds distributed under
1-12     this Subchapter shall be used exclusively for the support of the
1-13     county road system.
1-14           Sec. 445.103.  DISTRIBUTION FORMULA. Funds distributed under
1-15     this subchapter shall be allocated among the counties as follows:
1-16                 (1)  one-half according to lineal county road miles,
1-17     determined by the ratio of the lineal mileage of county roads in
1-18     the county to the lineal mileage of county roads in the state,
1-19     according to the most recent County Road Inventory compiled by the
1-20     Texas Department of Transportation.
1-21                 (2)  one-half according to paved and concrete county
1-22     road lane miles, determined by the ratio of the mileage of paved
1-23     and concrete county road lane miles in the county to the mileage of
 2-1     paved and concrete county road lane miles in the state, according
 2-2     to the most recent County Road Inventory compiled by the Texas
 2-3     Department of Transportation.
 2-4           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect on September 1, 2001.