Bill Text: TX SB2260 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the grant program distributing money from the transportation infrastructure fund.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-29 - Co-author authorized [SB2260 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB2260-Comm_Sub.html
By: Flores | S.B. No. 2260 | |
(In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2019; March 21, 2019, read | ||
first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; | ||
April 24, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable Committee | ||
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 24, 2019, | ||
sent to printer.) | ||
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2260 | By: Hancock |
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relating to the grant program distributing money from the | ||
transportation infrastructure fund. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 256.103, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (a-1) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) The department shall develop policies and procedures to | ||
administer a grant program under this subchapter to make grants to | ||
counties only for transportation infrastructure projects located | ||
in areas of the state affected by increased oil and gas | ||
production. The department may adopt rules to implement this | ||
subchapter. | ||
(a-1) A county is eligible for a grant under this subchapter | ||
if at least $10 million in oil and gas production taxes were | ||
collected in the county in the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year | ||
in which the county applies for a grant, as determined by the | ||
comptroller. | ||
(b) Grants distributed during a fiscal year must be | ||
allocated among counties as follows: | ||
(1) 10 [ |
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permits, determined by the ratio of weight tolerance permits issued | ||
in the preceding fiscal year for the county to the total number of | ||
weight tolerance permits issued in the state in that fiscal year, as | ||
determined by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles; | ||
(2) 20 percent according to oil and gas production | ||
taxes, determined by the ratio of oil and gas production taxes | ||
collected by the comptroller in the preceding fiscal year in the | ||
county to the total amount of oil and gas production taxes collected | ||
in the state in that fiscal year, as determined by the comptroller; | ||
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completions, determined by the ratio of horizontal well completions | ||
in the preceding fiscal year in the county to the total number of | ||
horizontal well completions in the state in that fiscal year, as | ||
determined by the Railroad Commission of Texas; [ |
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(4) 10 percent according to the volume of oil and gas | ||
waste injected, determined by the ratio of the volume of oil and gas | ||
waste injected in the preceding fiscal year in the county to the | ||
total volume of oil and gas waste injected in the state in that | ||
fiscal year, as determined by the Railroad Commission of Texas; and | ||
(5) 15 percent according to vertical well completions, | ||
determined by the ratio of vertical well completions in the | ||
preceding fiscal year in the county to the total number of vertical | ||
well completions in the state in that fiscal year, as determined by | ||
the Railroad Commission of Texas. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 256.104(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) In applying for a grant under this subchapter, the | ||
county shall: | ||
(1) provide the road condition report described by | ||
Section 251.018 made by the county for the previous year; and | ||
(2) submit to the department a plan that: | ||
(A) provides a list of transportation | ||
infrastructure projects to be funded by the grant; | ||
(B) describes the scope of the transportation | ||
infrastructure project or projects to be funded by the grant using | ||
best practices for prioritizing the projects; and | ||
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department. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 256, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Sections 256.107 and 256.108 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 256.107. COMPETITIVE BIDDING REQUIRED FOR CONTRACTS | ||
FUNDED BY GRANTS. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, a county | ||
that enters into a contract for a transportation infrastructure | ||
project that involves construction or maintenance of roads and is | ||
funded by a grant under this subchapter shall: | ||
(1) advertise for bids for the contract in a manner | ||
prescribed by law; | ||
(2) receive competitive bids for the contract, | ||
publicly open the bids, and read aloud the names of the bidders and | ||
their bids; and | ||
(3) award the contract to the lowest responsible | ||
bidder. | ||
(b) In advertising for bids under Subsection (a), a county | ||
shall prepare a request for competitive bids that includes | ||
construction documents, estimated budget, project scope, estimated | ||
project completion date, and other information that a bidder may | ||
require to submit a bid. | ||
(c) Not later than the seventh day after the date a contract | ||
described by Subsection (a) is awarded, the county that awarded the | ||
contract shall document the basis of its selection and shall make | ||
the evaluations public. | ||
Sec. 256.108. PERIOD FOR SPENDING GRANT. A grant awarded | ||
under this subchapter must be spent not later than the fifth | ||
anniversary of the date of the award. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 256.105, Transportation Code, is | ||
repealed. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 256.107, Transportation Code, as added | ||
by this Act, applies only to a contract entered into on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. A contract entered into before the | ||
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the | ||
date the contract was entered into, and the former law is continued | ||
in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
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