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Amend SB 21 by adding the following section to the bill,
appropriately numbered, and renumbering existing sections
accordingly:
SECTION ___. Section 91.071(b), Transportation Code, as
added by HB 3588, Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session,
2003, is amended to read as follows:
(b) Each fiscal year, the total amount disbursed by the
department out of federal and state funds shall not exceed $12.5
million. This subsection does not apply to:
(1) disbursements for the acquisition or construction
of rail lines on the Trans-Texas Corridor;
(2) the acquisition of abandoned rail facilities
described in Section 91.007;
(3) funding derived from:
(A) the issuance of bonds;
(B) [,] private investment;
(C) [,] donations; or
(D) [, and] grants, [or] loans, or reimbursements
that are provided from the Federal Railroad Administration, the
[or] Federal Transit Administration, or any other federal agency
that may be spent for rail facilities;
(4) grant money awarded by the governor from the Texas
Enterprise Fund;
(5) federal funds authorized and appropriated for a
specific rail project in this state; and
(6) [(4)] grading and bed preparation.