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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of certain revenue generated by Texas |
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Department of Transportation toll projects. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 228.0055, Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 228.0055. USE OF CONTRACT PAYMENTS. (a) Payments |
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received by the department under a comprehensive development |
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agreement shall [may] be used by the department to finance the |
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construction, maintenance, or operation of a transportation |
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project or air quality project in the same department district as |
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the project or facilities to which the payments are attributable |
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[in the region]. |
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(b) The commission may not: |
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(1) revise the formula as provided in the department's |
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unified transportation program, or its successor document, in a |
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manner that results in a decrease of a department district's |
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allocation because of a payment under Subsection (a); or |
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(2) take any other action that would reduce funding |
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allocated to a department district because of payments received |
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under a comprehensive development agreement. |
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SECTION 2. Section 228.006(b), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The commission may not: |
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(1) revise the formula as provided in the department's |
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unified transportation program, or its successor document, in a |
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manner that results in a decrease of a department district's |
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allocation because of a payment under Subsection (a); or |
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(2) take any other action that would reduce funding |
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allocated to a department district as a result of surplus revenues |
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generated from a toll project located within the district. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |