Bill Text: TX SB1834 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the allocation of money associated with delays of transportation projects.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-23 - Placed on General State Calendar [SB1834 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB1834-Introduced.html

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85R12834 JXC-D
By: Buckingham S.B. No. 1834

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the allocation of revenue from certain penalties for
transportation project delays.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 222, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 222.007 to read as follows:
Sec. 222.007. ALLOCATION OF REVENUE FROM CERTAIN PENALTIES
FOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECT DELAYS. (a) The department shall
establish a system to track penalties for delays in transportation
projects assessed by the department on contractors hired by the
department. The system must allow the department to correlate a
penalty with:
(1) the project that was the subject of the penalty;
and
(2) each county in which the project that was the
subject of the penalty is located.
(b) Each year, the department shall:
(1) for each county, determine the amount of money
collected from penalties described by Subsection (a) in the
previous year that is attributable to projects located in the
county; and
(2) in addition to other amounts, allocate to each
county an amount of money equal to the amount determined for the
county under Subdivision (1) to be used for transportation projects
located in that county.
(c) If a transportation project that was the subject of a
penalty is located in more than one county, the department may
reasonably allocate the penalty revenue from that project between
the counties in which the project is located.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.