Texas Transportation Code Title 6, Chapter 222 - Funding And Federal Aid

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 222.001 - Use Of State Highway Fund
  Sec. 222.001. USE OF STATE HIGHWAY FUND. (a) Money that is required to be used for public roadways by the Texas Constitution or federal law...
• Texas Section 222.002 - Use Of State Highway Fund For Department Functions
  Money in the state highway fund that is not required to be spent for public roadways by the Texas Constitution or federal law may be...
• Texas Section 222.003 - Issuance Of Bonds Secured By State Highway Fund
  (a) The commission may issue bonds and other public securities secured by a pledge of and payable from revenue deposited to the credit of the...
• Texas Section 222.004 - Issuance Of General Obligation Bonds For Highway Improvement Projects
  (a) In this section: (1) "Bonds" means bonds, notes, and other public securities. (2) "Credit agreement" has the meaning assigned by Section 1371.001, Government Code....
• Texas Section 222.005 - Authorization To Provide Assistance To Expedite Environmental Review
  (a) The department, a county, a regional tollway authority operating under Chapter 366, or a regional mobility authority operating under Chapter 370 may enter into...

SUBCHAPTER B FEDERAL AID

• Texas Section 222.006 - Environmental Review Certification Process
  The department by rule shall establish a process to certify department district environmental specialists to work on all documents related to state and federal environmental...
• Texas Section 222.031 - Use Of Federal Aid For Road Construction
  Money appropriated by the United States for public road construction in this state may be spent only by and under the supervision of the department....
• Texas Section 222.032 - Use Of Federal Aid For Toll Bridge Construction
  (a) The department may: (1) cooperate with the United States Secretary of Transportation in the construction of a toll bridge under 23 U.S.C. Section 129;...
• Texas Section 222.033 - Interstate Toll Bridges
  (a) Section 222.032 applies to a bridge over a stream forming the boundary of this state and an adjoining state. (b) If the bridge is...
• Texas Section 222.034 - Distribution Of Federal Funds
  (a) Federal aid for transportation purposes that is administered by the commission shall be distributed to the various parts of the state for a funding...

SUBCHAPTER C FUNDING FROM OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS

• Texas Section 222.035 - Private Activity Bonds
  (a) In this section, "private activity bond" has the meaning assigned by Section 141(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986. (b) If the attorney general makes...
• Texas Section 222.051 - Local Financing And Reimbursement
  (a) A governmental unit that has the authority to build roads may finance the construction of an approved project for the state highway system. (b)...
• Texas Section 222.052 - Local Contributions
  (a) The governing body of a political subdivision of this state may contribute funds to be spent by the commission in the development and construction...

SUBCHAPTER D STATE INFRASTRUCTURE BANK

• Texas Section 222.053 - Relief From Local Matching Funds Requirement
  (a) In this section, "economically disadvantaged county" means a county that has, in comparison to other counties in the state: (1) below average per capita...
• Texas Section 222.071 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Bank" means the state infrastructure bank account. (2) "Construction" has the meaning assigned by 23 U.S.C. Section 101. (3) "Federal act"...
• Texas Section 222.072 - State Infrastructure Bank
  (a) The state infrastructure bank is an account in the state highway fund. The bank is administered by the commission. (b) Federal funds received by...
• Texas Section 222.073 - Purposes Of Infrastructure Bank
  Notwithstanding Section 222.001, the commission shall use money deposited in the bank to: (1) encourage public and private investment in transportation facilities both within and...
• Texas Section 222.074 - Form Of Assistance
  (a) To further a purpose described by Section 222.073, the commission may use money deposited to the credit of the bank to provide financial assistance...
• Texas Section 222.0745 - Incurrence Of Debt By Public Entity
  (a) A public entity in this state, including a municipality, county, district, authority, agency, department, board, or commission, that is authorized by law to construct,...
• Texas Section 222.075 - Revenue Bonds
  (a) The commission may issue revenue bonds for the purpose of providing money for the bank. (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the commission...
• Texas Section 222.076 - Separate Subaccounts
  (a) The bank shall consist of at least two separate subaccounts, a highway subaccount and a transit subaccount. (b) In addition to the subaccounts under...

SUBCHAPTER E TOLL FACILITIES

• Texas Section 222.077 - Repayment Terms; Deposit Of Repayments; Investment Income
  (a) Any funds disbursed through the state infrastructure bank must be repaid on terms determined by the commission. The terms must comply with the federal...
• Texas Section 222.1001 - Definition
  In this subchapter, "transportation project" has the meaning assigned by Section 370.003. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 114 (S.B. 1110), Sec. 1,...
• Texas Section 222.101 - Expenditure Of Money
  The department may spend money from any source for the construction, maintenance, and operation of toll facilities. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1171,...
• Texas Section 222.103 - Cost Participation
  (a) The department may participate, by spending money from any available source, in the cost of the acquisition, construction, maintenance, or operation of a toll...
• Texas Section 222.104 - Pass-through Tolls
  (a) In this section, "pass-through toll" means a per vehicle fee or a per vehicle mile fee that is determined by the number of vehicles...
• Texas Section 222.1045 - Contracts Of Certain Public Entities
  (a) In this section, "public entity" means a municipality, county, regional mobility authority, or regional tollway authority. (b) A public entity may contract with a...
• Texas Section 222.1045 - Contracts Of Certain Public Entities
  (a) In this section, "public entity" means a municipality, county, regional mobility authority, or a regional tollway authority. (b) A public entity may contract with...
• Texas Section 222.105 - Purposes
  The purposes of Sections 222.106 and 222.107 are to: (1) promote public safety; (2) facilitate the improvement, development, or redevelopment of property; (3) facilitate the...
• Texas Section 222.106 - Municipal Transportation Reinvestment Zones
  (a) In this section: (1) the amount of a municipality's tax increment for a year is the amount of ad valorem taxes levied and collected...
• Texas Section 222.107 - County Transportation Reinvestment Zones
  (a) In this section: (1) the amount of a county's tax increment for a year is the amount of ad valorem taxes levied and collected...
• Texas Section 222.1071 - County Energy Transportation Reinvestment Zones
  (a) A county shall determine the amount of the tax increment for a county energy transportation reinvestment zone in the same manner the county would...
• Texas Section 222.1072 - Advisory Board Of County Energy Transportation Reinvestment Zone
  (a) A county is eligible to apply for a grant under Subchapter C, Chapter 256, if the county creates an advisory board to advise the...
• Texas Section 222.1075 - Port Authority Transportation Reinvestment Zone
  (a) In this section: (1) "Port authority" means a port authority or navigation district created or operating under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59,...
• Texas Section 222.108 - Transportation Reinvestment Zones For Other Transportation Projects
  (a) A municipality or county may establish a transportation reinvestment zone for one or more transportation projects. If all or part of a transportation project...
• Texas Section 222.109 - Reduction Prohibited
  (a) A municipality or county may not be penalized with a reduction in traditional transportation funding because of the designation and use of a transportation...
• Texas Section 222.110 - Sales Tax Increment
  (a) In this section: (1) "Sales tax base" for a transportation reinvestment zone means the amount of sales and use taxes imposed by a municipality...
• Texas Section 222.111 - Transportation Reinvestment Zones For Projects Located In Other Jurisdictions
  Notwithstanding any other law, the governing body of a county or municipality may designate a transportation reinvestment zone for a transportation project located outside the...

Last modified: September 28, 2016