Bill Text: TX HB2341 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to procedures governing a regional mobility authority in relation to certain federal public transportation funding.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-04-24 - Referred to Transportation [HB2341 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2341-Engrossed.html
| 88R7561 JRR-F | ||
| By: Guillen | H.B. No. 2341 | |
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| relating to procedures governing a regional mobility authority in | ||
| relation to certain federal public transportation funding. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 370, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 370.035 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 370.035. PROCEDURE FOR RECEIVING CERTAIN FEDERAL | ||
| PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FUNDING. (a) In this section, "designated | ||
| recipient" and "urbanized area" have the meanings assigned by 49 | ||
| U.S.C. Section 5302, as that section existed on January 1, 2023. | ||
| (b) An authority may not apply for funding under 49 U.S.C. | ||
| Section 5307 without the approval of the department. | ||
| (c) The department may not give approval to an authority to | ||
| apply for funding under 49 U.S.C. Section 5307 unless the authority | ||
| becomes a designated recipient. | ||
| (d) For purposes of becoming a designated recipient of | ||
| funding under 49 U.S.C. Section 5307, an authority must: | ||
| (1) demonstrate to the department the appropriate | ||
| expertise, financial resources, and gaps in regional transit | ||
| service; and | ||
| (2) provide the department with documentation of | ||
| concurrence in the selection of the designated recipient, or any | ||
| successor documentation required by federal law, by the providers | ||
| of publicly owned public transportation service in the applicable | ||
| urbanized area. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
