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Amend CSSB 1214 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering the SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 21.101(a), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The department may loan or grant money to a state agency with a governing board authorized to operate an airport or to a governmental entity in this state or an adjoining state to establish, construct, reconstruct, enlarge, or repair an airport, airstrip, or air navigational facility if:
(1) the money has been appropriated to the department for that purpose; and
(2) providing the money will:
(A) best serve the public interest; and
(B) best discharge the governmental aeronautics function of this [the] state or its political subdivisions.
SECTION ____. Subchapter C, Chapter 21, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 21.1045 to read as follows:
Sec. 21.1045. AVIATION DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT. (a) The aviation development account is a separate account in the general revenue fund.
(b) The account consists of transfers made to the account.
(c) Money in the account may be appropriated only to the department for making grants under this subchapter.
(d) Any money in the account not appropriated for a state fiscal year remains in the account. The account is exempt from the application of Section 403.095, Government Code.