Bill Text: TX HB3371 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-19 - Referred directly to s/c on Long-term Infrastructure Planning by chair [HB3371 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB3371-Introduced.html

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84R9992 MTB-F
By: King of Uvalde H.B. No. 3371

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the 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) 15 [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) 15 [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) 30 [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.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.