Bill Text: TX HB5191 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: 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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-24 - Referred to Appropriations [HB5191 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB5191-Introduced.html
By: Davis | H.B. No. 5191 |
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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. |