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SENATE RESOLUTION
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BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, That Senate Rule 12.03 be |
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suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the |
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conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on |
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Senate Bill 1747 (funding and donations for transportation |
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projects, including projects of county energy transportation |
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reinvestment zones) to consider and take action on the following |
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matters: |
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(1) Senate Rule 12.03(1) is suspended to permit the |
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committee to change, alter, or amend text not in disagreement in |
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proposed SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 256.104(a)(1), |
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Transportation Code, to read as follows: |
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(1) provide the road condition report described by |
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Section 251.018 made by the county for the previous year; and |
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Explanation: The change is necessary to require counties |
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applying for grants under Subchapter C, Chapter 256, |
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Transportation Code, to submit only the county's road condition |
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report for the previous year. |
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(2) Senate Rule 12.03(1) is suspended to permit the |
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committee to change, alter, or amend text not in disagreement in |
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proposed SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 256.105, |
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Transportation Code, to read as follows: |
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Sec. 256.105. MATCHING FUNDS. (a) Except as provided by |
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Subsection (b), to be eligible to receive a grant under the |
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program, matching funds must be provided, from any source, in an |
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amount equal to at least 20 percent of the amount of the grant. |
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(b) A county that the department determines to be |
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economically disadvantaged must provide matching funds in an |
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amount equal to at least 10 percent of the amount of the grant. |
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(c) County funds spent for road and bridge purposes under |
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the county budget must be credited as matching funds under this |
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section. |
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Explanation: The change is necessary to require counties |
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applying for grants under Subchapter C, Chapter 256, |
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Transportation Code, to provide matching funds in certain |
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amounts. |
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(3) Senate Rule 12.03(1) is suspended to permit the |
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committee to change, alter, or amend text not in disagreement in |
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proposed SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 256.106(a)(1), |
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Transportation Code, to read as follows: |
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(1) provide the department with a copy of a report |
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filed under Section 251.018; |
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Explanation: The change is necessary to require a county |
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making a second or subsequent grant application under Subchapter |
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C, Chapter 256, Transportation Code, to provide a report under |
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Section 251.018, Transportation Code. |
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(4) Senate Rule 12.03(1) is suspended to permit the |
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committee to change, alter, or amend text not in disagreement in |
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proposed SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 222.1071(b), |
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Transportation Code, to read as follows: |
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(b) A county, after determining that an area is affected |
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because of oil and gas exploration and production activities and |
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would benefit from funding under Chapter 256, by order or |
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resolution of the commissioners court: |
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(1) may designate a contiguous geographic area in |
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the jurisdiction of the county to be a county energy |
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transportation reinvestment zone to promote one or more |
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transportation infrastructure projects, as that term is defined |
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by Section 256.101, located in the zone; and |
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(2) may jointly administer a county energy |
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transportation reinvestment zone with a contiguous county energy |
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transportation reinvestment zone formed by another county. |
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Explanation: The change is necessary to provide that |
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counties must determine that an area is affected because of oil |
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and gas exploration before designating a county energy |
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transportation reinvestment zone. |
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(5) Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the |
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committee to add text on a matter which is not included in either |
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the house or senate version of the bill by adding the following |
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text to SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 222.1071(i), |
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Transportation Code: |
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(5) pledge money in the tax increment account to a |
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road utility district formed as provided by Subsection (n). |
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Explanation: This addition is necessary to authorize a |
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county to pledge money in the tax increment account to a road |
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utility district. |
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(6) Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the |
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committee to add text on a matter which is not included in either |
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the house or senate version of the bill by adding the following |
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text to SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 222.1071, |
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Transportation Code: |
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(n) In the alternative, to assist the county in |
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developing a transportation infrastructure project, if |
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authorized by the commission under Chapter 441, a road utility |
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district may be formed under that chapter that has the same |
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boundaries as a county energy transportation reinvestment zone |
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created under this section. The road utility district may issue |
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bonds to pay all or part of the cost of a transportation |
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infrastructure project and may pledge and assign all or a |
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specified amount of money in the tax increment account to secure |
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those bonds if the county: |
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(1) collects a tax increment; and |
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(2) pledges all or a specified amount of the tax |
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increment to the road utility district. |
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(o) A road utility district formed as provided by |
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Subsection (n) may enter into an agreement to fund development of |
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a transportation infrastructure project or to repay funds owed to |
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the department. Any amount paid for this purpose is considered |
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to be an operating expense of the district. Any taxes collected |
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by the district that are not paid for this purpose may be used for |
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any district purpose. |
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Explanation: This addition is necessary to authorize the |
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formation of a road utility district to assist a county in |
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developing a transportation infrastructure project. |
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(7) Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the |
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committee to add text on a matter which is not included in either |
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the house or senate version of the bill by adding the following |
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text as SECTION 7 of the bill: |
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SECTION 7. The amendment adding Sections 222.1071 and |
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222.1072 to Subchapter E, Chapter 222, Transportation Code, made |
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by this Act prevails over the amendment adding those sections to |
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Subchapter E, Chapter 222, Transportation Code, made by Section |
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1, H.B. 2300, 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, and the |
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amendment made by Section 1, H.B. 2300, 83rd Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2013, has no effect. |
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Explanation: This addition is necessary to provide that |
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the amendment adding Sections 222.1071 and 222.1072, |
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Transportation Code, prevails over other amendments made by the |
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83rd Legislature adding those sections. |
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_______________________________ |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on May 26, 2013, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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_______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |