By: Zaffirini  S.B. No. 1605
         (In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2013; March 20, 2013, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Transportation;
  April 11, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote:  
  Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 11, 2013, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to an optional county fee for transportation projects.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 502.402, Transportation
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a county:
               (1)  that borders the United Mexican States;
               (2)  that has a population of more than 250,000 
  [300,000]; and
               (3)  in which the largest municipality has a population
  of less than 400,000 [300,000].
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
 
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