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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment providing for use of a portion |
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of the money in the Texas Mobility Fund for mass transit projects. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 49-k(a), Article III, Texas |
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Constitution, is amended by adding Subdivision (4-a) to read as |
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follows: |
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(4-a) "Mass transit" means the transportation of |
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passengers and hand-carried packages or baggage of a passenger by |
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bus, light rail, or commuter rail. |
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SECTION 2. Section 49-k, Article III, Texas Constitution, |
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is amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: |
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(c-1) Notwithstanding Subsections (b) and (c) of this |
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section, at least 20 percent of the money dedicated to the fund |
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under Subsection (e) of this section must be used to make grants to |
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municipalities to finance mass transit projects. To be eligible to |
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receive a grant under this subsection, a municipality must dedicate |
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to those projects an amount of its own money equal to the amount of |
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the grant. Money from the grant and matching money provided by the |
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municipality may be used to finance mass transit projects of the |
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municipality or of other governmental entities providing mass |
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transit services within the boundaries of the municipality, |
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regardless of whether the projects of the other governmental entity |
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are within those boundaries. The legislature shall establish the |
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procedures and may establish additional eligibility requirements |
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for grants under this subsection. |
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SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 6, 2007. |
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The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing for use of a |
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portion of the money in the Texas Mobility Fund for mass transit |
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projects." |