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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: |
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(1) 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; or |
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(2) Chapter 451 or former Chapter 141 (S.B. 642), Acts |
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of the 63rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1973 (Article 1118x, |
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Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), by a municipality having a |
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population of less than 300,000. |
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SECTION 2. Section 456.006(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A designated recipient that is a rural or urban transit |
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district, [or] municipal transit department, or eligible transit |
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authority may use money from the formula or discretionary program |
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and any local funds for any transit-related activity. |
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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, 2011. |