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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 and to the membership |
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and functions of metropolitan planning organizations. |
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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 AND OTHER REVENUE. |
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(a) Payments, project savings, refinancing dividends, and any |
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other revenues received by the department under a comprehensive |
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development agreement shall [may] be used by the department to |
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finance the construction, maintenance, or operation of [a] |
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transportation projects [project] or air quality projects |
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[project] in the region. |
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(a-1) The department shall allocate the distribution of |
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funds to department districts in the region under Subsection (a) |
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based on the percentage of toll revenue from users, from each |
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department district, of the project that is the subject of the |
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comprehensive development agreement. To assist the department in |
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determining the allocation, each entity responsible for collecting |
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tolls for a project shall calculate on an annual basis the |
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percentage of toll revenue from users of the project from each |
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department district based on the number of recorded electronic toll |
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collections. |
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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 or other revenue received under |
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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 or other |
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revenue received under a comprehensive development agreement. |
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(c) A metropolitan planning organization may not take any |
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action that would reduce distribution of funds or other resources |
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to a department district because of the use of a payment or other |
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revenue under Subsection (a). |
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SECTION 2. Section 228.006, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read as |
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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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(d) A metropolitan planning organization may not take any |
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action that would reduce distribution of funds or other resources |
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to a department district because of the use of a payment or other |
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revenue under Subsection (a). |
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SECTION 3. Chapter 221, Transportation Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 221.004 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 221.004. METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP |
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AND FUNCTIONS. (a) The policy board of a metropolitan planning |
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organization in the state must include: |
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(1) one state senator from a senate district that |
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includes territory in the metropolitan planning organization |
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selected by unanimous agreement of all senators representing |
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districts that include territory in the organization or, in the |
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absence of unanimous agreement, the senator from the most populous |
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senate district that includes territory in the organization; and |
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(2) two state representatives from districts that |
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include territory in the metropolitan planning organization |
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selected by vote of all state representatives from districts that |
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include territory in the organization. |
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(b) If a metropolitan planning organization is required or |
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permitted to review bids for a comprehensive development agreement |
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for a project all or part of which is in the territory of the |
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metropolitan planning organization, the organization must use the |
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services of an independent financial advisor to advise the |
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organization in its review and in any recommendations that the |
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organization makes. |
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SECTION 4. 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. |
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