H.B. No. 4280

	AN ACT
	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.  Sections 256.103(a) and (b), Transportation
	Code, are amended 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.
	(b)  Grants distributed during a fiscal year must be
	allocated among counties as follows:
	(1)  10 [20] percent according to weight tolerance
	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;
	(3)  45 [50] percent according to horizontal well
	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; [and]
	(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.  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 awarde
	d, 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 3.  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 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 4280 was passed by the House on May 8,
	2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not
	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
	No. 4280 on May 23, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0,
	1 present, not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 4280 was passed by the Senate, with
	amendments, on May 20, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
	0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date
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	Governor