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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the allocation of money in certain funding categories |
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of the unified transportation program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter P, Chapter 201, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 201.9965 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 201.9965. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS IN CERTAIN FUNDING |
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CATEGORIES. (a) In this section, "master plan" means the |
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Texas-Mexico Border Transportation Master Plan developed by the |
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department in collaboration with the border trade advisory |
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committee and relevant federal agencies in the United States and |
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the United Mexican States. |
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(b) The commission shall allocate money in funding category |
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12 of the unified transportation program, or its successor |
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strategic priority funding category established under Section |
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201.991(b)(2) that awards money to projects solely at the |
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discretion of the commission, to projects recommended in the master |
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plan. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |