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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the eligibility of certain metropolitan rapid transit |
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authorities to receive funding from certain settlements. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 451, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 451.114 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 451.114. SETTLEMENT ELIGIBILITY. (a) This section |
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applies only to a consent decree filed in the United States District |
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Court, Northern District of California, in the case styled In re: |
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Volkswagen "Clean Diesel" Marketing, Sales Practices, And Products |
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Liability Litigation, Case No. MDL No. 2672 CRB. |
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(b) An authority created before 1980 and in which the |
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principal municipality has a population of less than 1.9 million is |
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eligible to receive funding allocated to this state from an |
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environmental mitigation trust established under the terms of a |
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consent decree for eligible mitigation actions. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2017. |