Bill Text: TX SB114 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to Texas Department of Transportation expenditures for toll facility acquisition and construction.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-25 - Referred to Transportation [SB114 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB114-Introduced.html
85R1012 JTS-D | ||
By: Huffines | S.B. No. 114 |
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relating to Texas Department of Transportation expenditures for | ||
toll facility acquisition and construction. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 222, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 222.102 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 222.102. LIMITATIONS ON EXPENDITURES FOR TOLL FACILITY | ||
CONSTRUCTION AND ACQUISITION. (a) Notwithstanding Sections | ||
222.101 and 222.103, beginning September 1, 2031, the department | ||
may not spend money for the construction or acquisition of toll | ||
facilities. | ||
(b) Each state fiscal biennium, the department may spend for | ||
the construction and acquisition of toll facilities not more than | ||
an amount equal to a percentage of the amount spent for those | ||
purposes in the preceding state fiscal biennium as follows: | ||
(1) 90 percent for the 2018-2019 and 2020-2021 state | ||
fiscal bienniums; | ||
(2) 80 percent for the 2022-2023 state fiscal | ||
biennium; | ||
(3) 70 percent for the 2024-2025 and 2026-2027 state | ||
fiscal bienniums; | ||
(4) 60 percent for the 2028-2029 state fiscal | ||
biennium; and | ||
(5) 50 percent for the 2030-2031 state fiscal | ||
biennium. | ||
(c) This subsection and Subsection (b) expire January 1, | ||
2032. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |