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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the supervision by the Texas Department of |
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Transportation of money appropriated by the federal government for |
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the construction and maintenance of rail facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 91.004(c), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to money appropriated or |
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allocated: |
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(1) to a transit authority described by Chapter 451, a |
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transportation authority described by Chapter 452 or 460, or a |
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transit department described by Chapter 453; or |
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(2) for use by: |
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(A) a port authority or navigation district |
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created or operating under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, |
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Article XVI, Texas Constitution; or |
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(B) a district created under: |
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(i) Chapter 171; |
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(ii) Chapter 623, Acts of the 67th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1981 (Article 6550c, Vernon's Texas |
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Civil Statutes); |
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(iii) Article 6550c-1, Revised Statutes; or |
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(iv) Article 6550c-3, Revised Statutes. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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91.004(c), Transportation Code, applies only to money appropriated |
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or allocated on or after the effective date of this Act. Money |
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appropriated or allocated before the effective date of this Act is |
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subject to the law in effect on that date, and that law is continued |
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in effect for that purpose. |
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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, 2009. |