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
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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. |