By Gallegos S.B. No. 1439 77R7331 MTB-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the disposition of the optional county road and bridge 1-3 fee in certain counties. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 502.103, Transportation Code, is amended 1-6 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 502.103. DISPOSITION OF OPTIONAL COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE 1-8 FEE. (a) Each Monday a county assessor-collector shall apportion 1-9 the collections for the preceding week for a fee imposed under 1-10 Section 502.172 by: 1-11 (1) crediting an amount equal to 97 percent of the 1-12 collections to the county road and bridge fund; and 1-13 (2) sending to the department an amount equal to three 1-14 percent of the collections to defray the department's costs of 1-15 administering Section 502.172. 1-16 (b) During each county fiscal year, the commissioners court 1-17 of a county with a population of more than 2.8 million shall 1-18 allocate funds credited under Subsection (a)(1) for road projects 1-19 in each municipality in the county and in the unincorporated area 1-20 of the county. The allocation must be made in the same proportion 1-21 that the population of the municipality located in the county or 1-22 the population of the unincorporated area bears to the total 1-23 population of the county. 1-24 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and 2-1 applies only to a county fiscal year that begins on or after that 2-2 date.