Bill Text: TX HB981 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of local mobility credit programs.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-09 - No action taken in committee [HB981 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB981-Introduced.html
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| By: Guillen | H.B. No. 981 | |
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| relating to the creation of local mobility credit programs. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 201, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 201.622 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 201.622. LOCAL MOBILITY CREDIT PROGRAMS. (a) In this | ||
| section: | ||
| (1) "Excess local share credit" means an amount in | ||
| excess of the local share requirement necessary for a federally | ||
| financed project. The term includes: | ||
| (A) qualified land value; and | ||
| (B) transportation development credits, as | ||
| described by 23 U.S.C. Section 120(j). | ||
| (2) "Federally financed project" means a | ||
| transportation project that is partially financed under a federal | ||
| financing program for transportation projects. | ||
| (3) "Local share requirement" means the minimum amount | ||
| of money required of this state or a local entity in this state, as | ||
| determined by commission rule, to match the amount of federal funds | ||
| available for a federally financed project. | ||
| (4) "Planning entity" means: | ||
| (A) a metropolitan planning organization; | ||
| (B) a rural planning organization; or | ||
| (C) a department district for an area not served | ||
| by a metropolitan planning organization or a rural planning | ||
| organization. | ||
| (5) "Qualified mobility project" means a project: | ||
| (A) that meets all eligibility requirements | ||
| under the applicable federal financing program; | ||
| (B) for which all applicable preliminary | ||
| engineering, environmental assessment, and right-of-way | ||
| requirements have been fulfilled; | ||
| (C) that is included in the statewide | ||
| transportation improvement program and any applicable local | ||
| transportation improvement plan; | ||
| (D) that increases the capacity of highways, | ||
| transit systems, and railroads to carry passengers and freight; and | ||
| (E) that contributes to the air quality | ||
| objectives of this state. | ||
| (b) On approval by the commission, a planning entity may | ||
| create a local mobility credit program. | ||
| (c) A planning entity may: | ||
| (1) accumulate excess local share credits in an | ||
| account designated for use by the local mobility credit program; | ||
| and | ||
| (2) use the excess local share credits to fulfill the | ||
| local share requirement for qualified mobility projects in the | ||
| planning entity's jurisdiction. | ||
| (d) Unless a local mobility credit program is reauthorized | ||
| by the commission: | ||
| (1) a planning organization may not authorize the use | ||
| of credits under the program on or after the 10th anniversary of the | ||
| date of the program's approval by the commission; and | ||
| (2) the program expires when all authorized projects | ||
| are completed. | ||
| (e) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, | ||
| the department shall submit to the legislature and the presiding | ||
| officers of the standing committees of the senate and the house of | ||
| representatives that have jurisdiction over issues related to | ||
| transportation a report that details: | ||
| (1) the use and success of local mobility credit | ||
| programs in extending the department's authority to authorize | ||
| project development; | ||
| (2) the use of excess local share credits to | ||
| facilitate transit improvements; | ||
| (3) the success of local mobility credit programs in | ||
| encouraging regional mobility strategies that maximize available | ||
| local resources, including cash and land, to match available | ||
| federal funding; and | ||
| (4) the activities and recommendations of the | ||
| rulemaking advisory committee created under Subsection (f). | ||
| (f) The commission shall create and appoint not more than 11 | ||
| members to a rulemaking advisory committee to consider and | ||
| recommend to the commission appropriate rules to administer local | ||
| mobility credit programs created under this section. The committee | ||
| may be composed of representatives of: | ||
| (1) metropolitan planning organizations; | ||
| (2) rural planning organizations; and | ||
| (3) the United States Department of Transportation | ||
| Federal Highway Administration. | ||
| (g) This subsection and Subsection (f) expire August 31, | ||
| 2015. | ||
| SECTION 2. (a) Not later than the 60th day after the | ||
| effective date of this Act, the Texas Transportation Commission | ||
| shall appoint members to the rulemaking advisory committee created | ||
| under Section 201.622(f), Transportation Code, as added by this | ||
| Act. As soon as practicable after the committee's creation, the | ||
| committee shall recommend rules to the Texas Transportation | ||
| Commission. | ||
| (b) Not later than the 90th day after the date the | ||
| rulemaking advisory committee recommends rules under Subsection | ||
| (a) of this section, the Texas Transportation Commission shall | ||
| propose rules for the administration of local mobility credit | ||
| programs created under Section 201.622, Transportation Code, as | ||
| added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
