Bill Text: TX HB633 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub

Texas House Bill 633 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to the allocation of money associated with delays of transportation projects.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-28 - Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar [HB633 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB633-Comm_Sub.html



	By: Buckley, Beckley, Shine, Bowers	H.B. No. 633



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the allocation of money associated with delays of
	transportation projects.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 222, Transportation Code,
	is amended by adding Section 222.007 to read as follows:
	Sec. 222.007. ALLOCATION OF MONEY FROM TRANSPORTATION
	PROJECT DELAYS. (a) The department shall establish a system to
	track liquidated damages, including road user costs, retained by
	the department associated with delayed transportation project
	contracts.
	(b) The system must allow the department to correlate the
	liquidated damages with:
	(1) the project that was the subject of the damages;
	and
	(2) each department district in which the project that
	was the subject of the damages is located.
	(c) Each year, the department shall:
	(1) for each department district, determine the amount
	of money described by Subsection (a) retained in the previous year
	that is attributable to projects located in the district; and
	(2) in addition to other amounts, allocate to each
	department district an amount of money equal to the amount
	determined for the district under Subdivision (1) to be used for
	transportation projects located in that district.
	(d) If a transportation project that was the subject of
	liquidated damages is located in more than one department district,
	the department may reasonably allocate the amount of the liquidated
	damages from that project among the districts in which the project
	is located.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.