88R7562 JRR-F
 
  By: Guillen H.B. No. 1461
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the reimbursement of excess costs incurred by a
  recipient of certain grants awarded by the Texas Department of
  Transportation.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter I, Chapter 201, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 201.713 to read as follows:
         Sec. 201.713.  REIMBURSEMENT OF EXCESS COSTS INCURRED BY
  CERTAIN GRANT RECIPIENTS. (a) This section applies only to a grant
  awarded by the department for the construction of a transportation
  project in a  county with a population of less than 25,000 or a
  municipality with a population of less than 15,000.
         (b)  The department shall reimburse a grant recipient for
  costs incurred by the recipient that exceed the amount of the grant
  awarded by the department if the construction of the transportation
  project is managed by the department.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a grant awarded by the Texas Department of Transportation on or
  after the effective date of this Act. A grant awarded before the
  effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
  date the award was made, and the former law is continued in effect
  for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.