By: Martinez (Senate Sponsor - Nichols) H.B. No. 4520

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 15, 2025; May 19, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; May 23, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 23, 2025, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 4520 By: Nichols

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to requirements for certain funding of aviation facilities and projects.

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

SECTION 1. Section 21.105(b), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b) Before approving a loan or grant, the commission shall require that:

(1) the airport or facility remain in the control of each political subdivision involved for at least 20 years;

(2) the political subdivision disclose the source of all funds for the project and the political subdivision's ability to finance and operate the project;

(3) at least:

(A) 10 percent of the total project cost be provided by sources other than the state; or

(B) if the airport is located in an economically disadvantaged county, as defined by Section 222.053, five percent of the total project cost be provided by sources other than the state; and

(4) the project be adequately planned.

SECTION 2. Section 21.114(b), Transportation Code, is repealed.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

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