Bill Text: TX HB813 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to money used by counties that participate in the low-income vehicle repair assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement program.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-25 - Referred to Environmental Regulation [HB813 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB813-Introduced.html
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| By: Huberty | H.B. No. 813 | |
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| relating to money used by counties that participate in the | ||
| low-income vehicle repair assistance, retrofit, and accelerated | ||
| vehicle retirement program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 403.071(b), Government Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (b) A claim may not be paid from an appropriation unless the | ||
| claim is presented to the comptroller for payment not later than two | ||
| years after the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation | ||
| was made. However, a claim may be presented not later than four | ||
| years after the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation | ||
| from which the claim is to be paid was made if the appropriation | ||
| relates to: | ||
| (1) new construction contracts; | ||
| (2) funding for a local initiative project described | ||
| by Section 382.220 or 382.221, Health and Safety Code, that | ||
| involves construction in a county described by Section 382.221, | ||
| Health and Safety Code; | ||
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| and Safety Code; | ||
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| exceed the amount of $20,000, including furniture and other | ||
| equipment, architects' and engineering fees; or | ||
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| projects, or grants. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 382.202(g), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (g) The commission shall: | ||
| (1) use part of the fee collected under Subsection (e) | ||
| to fund low-income vehicle repair assistance, retrofit, and | ||
| accelerated vehicle retirement programs created under Section | ||
| 382.209; and | ||
| (2) to the extent practicable, disburse [ |
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| available funding created under Subsection (e) among [ |
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| participating counties: | ||
| (A) in reasonable proportion to the amount of | ||
| fees collected under Subsection (e) in those counties or in the | ||
| regions in which those counties are located; and | ||
| (B) so that a county with a population of at least | ||
| four million receives 90 percent of the revenue derived from fees | ||
| collected in the county. | ||
| SECTION 3. Subchapter G, Chapter 382, Health and Safety | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 382.221 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 382.221. LOW-INCOME VEHICLE REPAIR ASSISTANCE, | ||
| RETROFIT, AND ACCELERATED VEHICLE RETIREMENT PROGRAM AND LOCAL | ||
| INITIATIVE PROJECTS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) This section applies | ||
| only to a county with a population of at least four million that | ||
| participates in the low-income vehicle repair assistance, | ||
| retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement program created under | ||
| Section 382.209. | ||
| (b) To the extent that this section is inconsistent or in | ||
| conflict with another provision of this subchapter, this section | ||
| prevails. | ||
| (c) A project a county implements under Section 382.220 may | ||
| include a program to enhance transportation system improvements, | ||
| including improvements meant to reduce congestion on existing | ||
| roads, but not including toll projects. | ||
| (d) A county may use fees collected under Sections 382.202 | ||
| and 382.302 for a program or project described by Section 382.220 or | ||
| this section. A county that receives money under Section 382.220 or | ||
| this section: | ||
| (1) is not required to provide matching funds for a | ||
| program or project; and | ||
| (2) may allocate money to a program or project under | ||
| Section 382.209, Section 382.220, or this section at the discretion | ||
| of the county. | ||
| (e) Money used by a county to implement a program or project | ||
| under Section 382.220 or this section that involves construction | ||
| for a fiscal year may be disbursed to the county to be used for the | ||
| program or project in subsequent fiscal years if the money has been | ||
| made available to the county and has been treated as a binding | ||
| encumbrance by the commission before the end of the appropriation | ||
| year of the money appropriated for those purposes. Disbursement of | ||
| the money is subject to Section 403.071, Government Code. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
