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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to funding for counties for transportation infrastructure |
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projects located in areas of the state affected by increased oil and |
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gas production. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 251.018, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 251.018. ROAD REPORTS. A road condition report made by |
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a county that is operating under a system of administering county |
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roads under Chapter 252 or a special law, including a report made |
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under Section 251.005, must include the primary cause of any road, |
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culvert, or bridge degradation, if reasonably ascertained, along |
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with a brief description of the degradation. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 256.101(3) and (4), Transportation |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(3) "Weight tolerance permit" means a permit issued |
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under Section 623.011 for [Chapter 623 authorizing] a vehicle |
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operating specifically in relation to the exploration, |
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development, or production of oil or gas [to exceed maximum legal
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weight limitations]. |
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(4) "Well completion" means the completion, reentry, |
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or recompletion of a vertical or horizontal [an] oil or gas well. |
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SECTION 3. Section 256.103, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (a-1) and amending Subsection (b) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a-1) To be eligible for a grant under this subchapter, a |
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county must have at least 400 active wells, including horizontal, |
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vertical, and oil and gas waste disposal wells, as determined by the |
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most recent data of the Railroad Commission of Texas. |
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(b) Grants distributed during a fiscal year must be |
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allocated among counties as follows: |
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(1) 10 [20] percent according to weight tolerance |
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permits, determined by the ratio of weight tolerance permits issued |
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in the preceding fiscal year for the county to the total number of |
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weight tolerance permits issued in the state in that fiscal year, as |
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determined by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles; |
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(2) 20 percent according to oil and gas production |
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taxes, determined by the ratio of oil and gas production taxes |
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collected by the comptroller in the preceding fiscal year in the |
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county to the total amount of oil and gas production taxes collected |
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in the state in that fiscal year, as determined by the comptroller; |
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(3) 15 [50] percent according to vertical well |
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completions, determined by the ratio of vertical well completions |
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in the preceding fiscal year in the county to the total number of |
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vertical well completions in the state in that fiscal year, as |
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determined by the Railroad Commission of Texas; [and] |
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(4) 45 percent according to horizontal well |
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completions, determined by the ratio of horizontal well completions |
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in the preceding fiscal year in the county to the total number of |
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horizontal well completions in the state in that fiscal year, as |
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determined by the Railroad Commission of Texas; and |
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(5) 10 percent according to the total number [volume] |
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of oil and gas waste disposal wells as defined by the Railroad |
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Commission of Texas [injected], determined by the ratio of the |
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total number [volume] of oil and gas waste disposal wells |
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[injected] in the last full [preceding fiscal] year for which the |
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Railroad Commission of Texas has a report for commercial disposal |
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wells in the county to the total number [volume] of oil and gas |
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waste disposal wells [injected] in the state in that [fiscal] year, |
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as determined by the Railroad Commission of Texas. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |