88R10699 AJZ-D
 
  By: Miles S.B. No. 1450
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to certain improvements of the state highway system in
  certain census tracts.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 222, Transportation Code, is amended by
  adding Section 222.0012 to read as follows:
         Sec. 222.0012.  CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS OF STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM
  IN CERTAIN CENSUS TRACTS PROHIBITED. (a) Notwithstanding any
  other law, and subject to Subsection (b), money described by
  Section 222.001(a) may not be used to expand or extend a highway of
  the state highway system unless the department determines that the
  expansion or extension is not located in a census tract classified
  as medium or high vulnerability in the most recent social
  vulnerability index published by the federal Centers for Disease
  Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and
  Disease Registry.
         (b)  Subsection (a) does not apply to a multimodal
  transportation project.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.