By: Watson S.B. No. 2168
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to relief from local matching funds requirements for
  certain counties.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 222.053, Transportation Code, is amended
  by adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) to read as follows:
         (a-1)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a county is
  considered to be an "economically disadvantaged county" for the
  purposes of this section if it meets the criteria as laid out in
  Subsection (a) within the past six years and has been included in no
  less than five federally declared disasters within the same time
  period.
         (a-2)  For a county described by Subsection (a-1), the
  adjustment to the local matching funds requirement shall be
  equivalent to the highest adjustment rate set in the last year the
  county was considered to meet the criteria described in Subsection
  (a).
         SECTION 2.  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, 2019.