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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-25 - Referred to Environmental Regulation [HB813 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB813-Introduced.html
  86R1935 JXC-F
 
  By: Huberty H.B. No. 813
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  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;
               (3)  [, to] grants awarded under Chapter 391, Health
  and Safety Code;
               (4)  [, or to] repair and remodeling projects that
  exceed the amount of $20,000, including furniture and other
  equipment, architects' and engineering fees; or
               (5)  [, and] other costs related to the contracts, [or]
  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 [distribute]
  available funding created under Subsection (e) among [to]
  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.
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