Bill Text: TX HB1235 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to allocation of grants from the transportation infrastructure fund.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-22 - Referred to Transportation [HB1235 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB1235-Introduced.html

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85R5342 MTB-D
By: Martinez H.B. No. 1235

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to allocation of grants from the transportation
infrastructure fund.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 256.103(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) Grants distributed during a fiscal year must be
allocated among counties as follows:
(1) 20 percent according to weight tolerance permits,
determined by the ratio of weight tolerance permits issued in the
preceding fiscal year for the county that designated a county
energy transportation reinvestment zone to the total number of
weight tolerance permits issued in the state in that fiscal year, as
determined by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles;
(2) 20 percent according to oil and gas production
taxes, determined by the ratio of oil and gas production taxes
collected by the comptroller in the preceding fiscal year in the
county that designated a county energy transportation reinvestment
zone to the total amount of oil and gas production taxes collected
in the state in that fiscal year, as determined by the comptroller;
(3) 40 [50] percent according to well completions,
determined by the ratio of well completions in the preceding fiscal
year in the county that designated a county energy transportation
reinvestment zone to the total number of well completions in the
state in that fiscal year, as determined by the Railroad Commission
of Texas; [and]
(4) 10 percent according to the volume of oil and gas
waste injected, determined by the ratio of the volume of oil and gas
waste injected in the preceding fiscal year in the county that
designated a county energy transportation reinvestment zone to the
total volume of oil and gas waste injected in the state in that
fiscal year, as determined by the Railroad Commission of Texas; and
(5) 10 percent according to international bridge
crossings, determined by the ratio of international bridge
crossings in the preceding fiscal year in the county to the total
number of international bridge crossings in the state in that
fiscal year.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.