By: Canales (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa) H.B. No. 3444

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2023; May 9, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; May 17, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 17, 2023, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the classification of transportation districts by the Texas Transportation Commission.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 201.105, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:

(h) The commission by rule shall prescribe criteria for the classification of each district as metropolitan, urban, or rural. The rules must classify a district with a population of more than one million as metropolitan.

SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act, the Texas Transportation Commission shall adopt the rules required by Section 201.105(h), Transportation Code, as added by this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.

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