89R14049 GP-D
 
  By: Gámez H.B. No. 4417
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the use of certain money from the state highway fund for
  certain projects in the Safe Routes to School Program.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 201.614, Transportation Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
         (c-1)  The department may use money appropriated from the
  state highway fund that is not otherwise required to be spent on
  public roadways by the Texas Constitution or federal law to fund
  eligible projects for the construction and replacement of sidewalks
  under this section.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.