By: Davis H.B. No. 5191
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the supplemental appropriation and reductions in
  appropriation and giving direction and adjustment authority
  regarding appropriation for the development of a statewide
  broadband infrastructure for new transportation technology.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
  ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
         SECTION 1.01  DEFINITION. In this Act, "ARPA fund" means
  money received by this state from the Coronavirus State Fiscal
  Recovery Fund (42 U.S.C. Section 802) established under the
  American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2) and deposited
  to the credit of the Coronavirus Relief Fund No. 325.
  ARTICLE 2. BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
         SECTION 2.01  DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: BROADBAND
  INFRASTRUCTURE. (a) The amount of $30,000,000 is appropriated
  from the ARPA fund to the comptroller of public accounts for the
  two-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act for
  immediate deposit to the Department of Transportation for the
  development and implementation of a statewide broadband
  infrastructure able to support new transportation technology and to
  enhance accessibility within the state.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.