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            |  | 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. |