By:  Chavez, Pickett (Senate Sponsor - Shapleigh)                 H.B. No. 1107
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2005; 
April 19, 2005, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Transportation and Homeland Security; May 19, 2005, reported 
favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 19, 2005, 
sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to procedures for obtaining relief from local matching 
funds requirements for highway projects.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 222.053, Transportation Code, is amended 
by adding Subsections (f), (g), and (h) to read as follows:
	(f)  The commission shall certify a county as an economically 
disadvantaged county on an annual basis as soon as possible after 
the comptroller reports on the economic indicators listed under 
Subsection (a).  A county certified under this section is eligible 
for an adjustment under Subsection (c)(2).
	(g)  The commission shall determine whether to make an 
adjustment under Subsection (c)(2) at the time a political 
subdivision that consists of all or a portion of an economically 
disadvantaged county submits a proposal to construct, maintain, or 
extend a highway or for another type of highway project.
	(h)  The commission may delegate any of its duties or powers 
under this section to the director or the director's designee.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           



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