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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to funding for certain commercial service airport |
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projects. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 21.115, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 21.115. FUNDING FOR CERTAIN COMMERCIAL SERVICE |
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AIRPORTS. To the extent consistent with federal funding |
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restrictions, a project involving a commercial service airport is |
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eligible for financial assistance under this subchapter, including |
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for inclusion in the aviation facilities capital improvement |
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program, if the airport: |
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(1) is located in a county along the Texas-Mexico |
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border that has a population of less than 300,000; or |
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(2) is managed jointly with a public agency of another |
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state and serves a county adjacent to the border of this state. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |