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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to state financing of public transportation. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 456.003, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 456.003. PARTICIPATION INELIGIBILITY. A transit |
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authority is ineligible to participate in the formula or |
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discretionary program provided by this chapter unless the authority |
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was created under Chapter 453 or former Article 1118z, Revised |
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Statutes, by a municipality having a population of less than |
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200,000 at the time the authority is created. |
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SECTION 2. Section 456.006, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), an urban transit |
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district that was not included in an urbanized area containing a |
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transit authority according to the 2000 federal decennial census |
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but, as a result of the 2010 federal decennial census urban and |
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rural classification, is included in an urbanized area that |
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contains one or more transit authorities may receive money from the |
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formula or discretionary program in an amount that does not exceed |
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the amount of funds allocated to the district during the fiscal |
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biennium ending August 31, 2011. This subsection expires August 31, |
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2018. |
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(b-2) The population of a municipality that was considered |
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part of an urban transit district for purposes of the state transit |
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funding formula for the fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2011, but |
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that is included in a large urbanized area as a result of the 2010 |
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federal decennial census, continues to be considered part of the |
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urban transit district for purposes of the state transit funding |
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formula. This subsection expires August 31, 2018. |
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SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 456, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 456.0221 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 456.0221. ALLOCATION TO CERTAIN RECIPIENTS AFFECTED BY |
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NATURAL DISASTER. (a) The commission shall consider as an urban |
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transit district for the purposes of the allocation of funds under |
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this chapter a designated recipient: |
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(1) that received money under the formula as an urban |
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transit district for the fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2011; |
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(2) whose population according to the most recent |
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decennial census is less than 50,000; and |
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(3) whose population loss over the preceding 10-year |
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period is primarily the result of a natural disaster. |
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(b) This section expires August 31, 2018. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |