Texas Transportation Code Title 6, Chapter 456 - State Financing Of Public Transportation

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 456.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Capital improvement" means the acquisition, construction, or improvement of a facility, equipment, or real property for use in public transportation service....
• Texas Section 456.002 - Administration And Purpose
  (a) The commission shall administer the formula and discretionary programs provided by this chapter. (b) Each public transportation program provided by this chapter, except the...
• Texas Section 456.003 - Participation Ineligibility
  A transit authority is ineligible to participate in the formula or discretionary program provided by this chapter unless the authority was created under Chapter 453...
• Texas Section 456.004 - General Financing Application Requirements
  An application for project financing under this chapter must be certified and contain a statement by the applicant that the proposed public transportation project is...
• Texas Section 456.005 - Evaluation Of Project
  In evaluating a project under the formula or discretionary program, the commission shall consider the need for fast, safe, efficient, and economical public transportation and...
• Texas Section 456.006 - Use Of Financing
  (a) A designated recipient that is a rural or urban transit district or municipal transit department may use money from the formula or discretionary program...
• Texas Section 456.007 - Public Transportation Account Fund; Appropriations And Grants
  (a) The public transportation account fund is an account in the general revenue fund. A grant of money to the state for public transportation purposes...

SUBCHAPTER B FORMULA PROGRAM

• Texas Section 456.008 - Commission Report On Public Transportation Providers
  (a) Not later than January 1 of each year, the commission by rule shall prepare and issue to the legislature a report on public transportation...
• Texas Section 456.021 - Biennial Allocation
  (a) The commission shall allocate to urban, urbanized, and rural areas under the formula program provided by this subchapter the amount appropriated from all sources...
• Texas Section 456.022 - Formula Allocation
  The commission shall adopt rules establishing a formula allocating funds among individual eligible public transportation providers. The formula may take into account a transportation provider's...
• Texas Section 456.023 - Application; Use Of Money Not Applied For
  (a) A designated recipient may submit an application to the commission for financing of a project under the formula program. (b) The commission shall administer...

SUBCHAPTER C DISCRETIONARY PROGRAM

• Texas Section 456.026 - Reporting By Designated Recipients
  The commission by rule shall establish a performance-based reporting system for all designated recipients eligible for financing under the formula program. Acts 1995, 74th Leg.,...
• Texas Section 456.041 - Project Financing Application By Designated Recipient
  (a) To participate in the discretionary program provided by this subchapter, a designated recipient must submit to the commission an application for project financing. The...

SUBCHAPTER D PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

• Texas Section 456.042 - Ride-sharing Activities
  (a) A designated recipient or a local government that has the power to operate a public transportation system, directly or by contract, in an urbanized...
• Texas Section 456.061 - Definition
  In this subchapter, "eligible corporation" means a corporation created under former Subchapter III, Chapter 14, Title 45, United States Code (now 49 U.S.C. Sections 24101...
• Texas Section 456.062 - Loans To Corporation
  (a) Under the authority of Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution, and from funds appropriated from the general revenue fund for this purpose, the commission...
• Texas Section 456.063 - Agreement
  The department, on behalf of the commission and with the approval of the comptroller, shall enter into an agreement, under terms and conditions the department...
• Texas Section 456.064 - Limitation Of Funding
  The commission may only expend funds specifically appropriated by the legislature for the purposes of this subchapter. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 110,...
• Texas Section 456.065 - Guarantee From Municipalities
  The department, on behalf of the commission and with the approval of the comptroller, shall secure an agreement or agreements with the municipalities served by...

Last modified: September 28, 2016