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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an increase in and the use of the fee for permits issued |
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for the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles carrying cargo |
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in Hidalgo County. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 623.364, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 623.364. PERMIT FEES. (a) The authority may collect a |
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fee for permits issued under this subchapter. Beginning September |
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1, 2017 [2013], the maximum amount of the fee may not exceed $200 |
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[$80] per trip. On September 1 of each subsequent year, the |
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authority may adjust the maximum fee amount as necessary to reflect |
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the percentage change during the preceding year in the Consumer |
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Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. City Average, |
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published monthly by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics |
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or its successor in function. |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsection (d), fees [Fees] |
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collected under Subsection (a) shall be used only for the |
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construction and maintenance of the roads described by or |
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designated under Section 623.363 and for the authority's |
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administrative costs, which may not exceed: |
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(1) 15 percent of the fees collected from the issuance |
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of permits authorizing the movement of oversize or overweight |
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vehicles on a road not listed in Section 623.363(a)(1)(J), (K), |
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(L), or (M); or |
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(2) 15 percent of the fees collected from the issuance |
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of permits authorizing the movement of oversize or overweight |
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vehicles on a road listed in Section 623.363(a)(1)(J), (K), (L), or |
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(M) minus the amount of fees used under Subsection (d). |
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(c) The authority shall make payments to the Texas |
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Department of Transportation to provide funds for the maintenance |
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of roads and highways subject to this subchapter. |
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(d) Fees collected under Subsection (a) from the issuance of |
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permits authorizing the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles |
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on a road listed in Section 623.363(a)(1)(J), (K), (L), or (M) must |
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be used in an amount not to exceed five percent of those fees to |
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leverage funding from other sources to: |
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(1) construct a bridge on Farm-to-Market Road 1015 in |
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Hidalgo County between Military Highway and Mile 5 Road North; |
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(2) improve the roads described by Section 623.363 |
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that are in Weslaco or Progreso; |
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(3) improve Mile 5 Road North in Hidalgo County; and |
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(4) support the construction of roads proposed by the |
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City of Donna connecting a proposed commercial import lot near the |
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Donna-Rio Bravo International Bridge to Farm-to-Market Road 493 and |
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Military Highway. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |