H.B. No. 1107




AN ACT

relating to procedures for obtaining relief from local matching 
funds requirements for highway projects.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 222.053, Transportation Code, is amended 
by adding Subsections (f), (g), and (h) to read as follows:
	(f)  The commission shall certify a county as an economically 
disadvantaged county on an annual basis as soon as possible after 
the comptroller reports on the economic indicators listed under 
Subsection (a).  A county certified under this section is eligible 
for an adjustment under Subsection (c)(2).
	(g)  The commission shall determine whether to make an 
adjustment under Subsection (c)(2) at the time a political 
subdivision that consists of all or a portion of an economically 
disadvantaged county submits a proposal to construct, maintain, or 
extend a highway or for another type of highway project.
	(h)  The commission may delegate any of its duties or powers 
under this section to the director or the director's designee.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 1107 was passed by the House on April 
14, 2005, by a non-record vote.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 1107 was passed by the Senate on May 
24, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

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                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor