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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to allocation of grants from the transportation |
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infrastructure fund. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 256.103(b), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) Grants distributed during a fiscal year must be |
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allocated among counties as follows: |
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(1) 20 percent according to weight tolerance permits, |
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determined by the ratio of weight tolerance permits issued in the |
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preceding fiscal year for the county that designated a county |
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energy transportation reinvestment zone to the total number of |
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weight tolerance permits issued in the state in that fiscal year, as |
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determined by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles; |
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(2) 20 percent according to oil and gas production |
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taxes, determined by the ratio of oil and gas production taxes |
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collected by the comptroller in the preceding fiscal year in the |
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county that designated a county energy transportation reinvestment |
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zone to the total amount of oil and gas production taxes collected |
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in the state in that fiscal year, as determined by the comptroller; |
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(3) 40 [50] percent according to well completions, |
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determined by the ratio of well completions in the preceding fiscal |
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year in the county that designated a county energy transportation |
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reinvestment zone to the total number of well completions in the |
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state in that fiscal year, as determined by the Railroad Commission |
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of Texas; [and] |
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(4) 10 percent according to the volume of oil and gas |
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waste injected, determined by the ratio of the volume of oil and gas |
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waste injected in the preceding fiscal year in the county that |
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designated a county energy transportation reinvestment zone to the |
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total volume of oil and gas waste injected in the state in that |
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fiscal year, as determined by the Railroad Commission of Texas; and |
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(5) 10 percent according to international bridge |
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crossings, determined by the ratio of international bridge |
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crossings in the preceding fiscal year in the county to the total |
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number of international bridge crossings in the state in that |
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fiscal year. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |