Texas Transportation Code Title 6, Chapter 256 - Funds And Taxes For County Roads

SUBCHAPTER A FUNDS USED FOR COUNTY ROADS; GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 256.001 - Use Of County Road And Bridge Fund
  (a) Money in the road and bridge fund of a county may be used only for working public roads or building bridges, except as otherwise...
• Texas Section 256.002 - Distribution Of County And Road District Highway Fund
  (a) The comptroller shall distribute to the counties on or before October 15 of each year the money appropriated from the county and road district...
• Texas Section 256.003 - Use Of Revenues From County And Road District Highway Fund
  (a) A county may use the money it receives under Section 256.002 only for: (1) purchasing right-of-way for lateral roads, farm-to-market roads, or state highways;...
• Texas Section 256.004 - Deposits Of Taxes To County Farm-to-market And Lateral Road Fund And Flood Control Fund
  (a) The commissioners court of a county shall credit taxes collected under Section 256.054 to the credit of separate funds called the farm-to-market and lateral...
• Texas Section 256.005 - Use Of Farm-to-market And Lateral Road Fund
  (a) The farm-to-market and lateral road fund of a county is under the jurisdiction and control of the commissioners court. Money in the fund may...
• Texas Section 256.006 - Use Of Flood Control Fund
  (a) The flood control fund of a county is under the jurisdiction and control of the commissioners court. Money in the fund may be used...
• Texas Section 256.007 - Transfers Of Surplus Registration Fee Revenue
  The commissioners court of a county that does not impose a tax for the construction and maintenance of roads and bridges may transfer surplus money...
• Texas Section 256.008 - State Funding Of Farm-to-market Roads
  (a) Money in the farm-to-market road fund may be used only to finance the construction, improvement, and maintenance of farm-to-market roads by the department. (b)...
• Texas Section 256.009 - Report To Comptroller
  (a) Not later than January 30 of each year, the county auditor or, if the county does not have a county auditor, the official having...

SUBCHAPTER B TAXES FOR COUNTY ROADS

• Texas Section 256.010 - Applicability Of Chapter To County Operating Under Special Road Tax Law
  A county operating under a special road tax law may take any action authorized by this chapter. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227,...
• Texas Section 256.051 - County, Precinct, And Road District Bond Taxes
  (a) In each year in which bonds issued under Chapter 1471, Government Code, are outstanding, the county, precinct, or road district that issued the bonds...
• Texas Section 256.052 - Adoption Of Special Road Tax
  (a) At an election held under this section, a county or political subdivision or defined district of a county may adopt the additional ad valorem...
• Texas Section 256.053 - Repeal Of Special Road Tax
  (a) The commissioners court of a county may order and conduct an election to repeal a tax adopted under Section 256.052 in the manner provided...

SUBCHAPTER C TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE FUND

• Texas Section 256.054 - Additional County Taxes For County Roads And Flood Control; Bonds
  (a) A county may impose ad valorem taxes as provided by Section 1-a, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, for the construction and maintenance of farm-to-market and...
• Texas Section 256.101 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Fund" means the transportation infrastructure fund established under this subchapter. (2) "Transportation infrastructure project" means the planning for, construction of, reconstruction...
• Texas Section 256.102 - Transportation Infrastructure Fund
  (a) The transportation infrastructure fund is a dedicated fund in the state treasury outside the general revenue fund. The fund consists of: (1) any federal...
• Texas Section 256.103 - Grant Program
  (a) The department shall develop policies and procedures to administer a grant program under this subchapter to make grants to counties for transportation infrastructure projects...
• Texas Section 256.104 - Grant Application Process
  (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...
• Texas Section 256.105 - Matching Funds
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), to be eligible to receive a grant under the program, matching funds must be provided, from any source,...
• Texas Section 256.106 - Program Administration
  (a) A county that makes a second or subsequent application for a grant from the department under this subchapter must: (1) provide the department with...

Last modified: September 28, 2016