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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 money received by the Texas |
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Department of Transportation from certain transportation projects |
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or systems. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 228.005, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 228.005. REVENUE OF TOLL PROJECT OR SYSTEM. (a) |
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Except as provided by Subchapter C, toll revenue or other revenue |
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derived from a toll project or system that is collected or received |
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by the department under this chapter, and a payment received by the |
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department under a comprehensive development agreement for a toll |
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project or system: |
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(1) shall be deposited in the state highway fund, |
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except as provided by Subsection (b); and |
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(2) is exempt from the application of Section 403.095, |
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Government Code. |
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(b) In a region served by a metropolitan planning |
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organization that serves two adjacent counties that each has a |
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population of one million or more, revenue or a payment described |
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by Subsection (a) shall be deposited in an account designated by the |
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metropolitan planning organization, used for the purposes |
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specified by Sections 228.0055 and 228.006, and distributed in |
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compliance with those sections. |
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SECTION 2. Section 228.012(b), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The department shall hold money in a subaccount in trust |
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for the benefit of the region in which a project or system is |
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located and may assign the responsibility for allocating and |
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distributing money in a subaccount to a metropolitan planning |
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organization in which the region is located for projects approved |
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by the department. Except as provided by Subsection (c), money |
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shall be allocated and distributed to projects or to the |
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metropolitan planning organization for projects authorized by |
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Section 228.0055 or Section 228.006, as applicable. |
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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. |