HB 157 — Relating to powers of regional transportation authorities.

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This bill amends 5 section(s) of the Texas statutes: Section 452.204, Transportation Code, Section 452.357(a), Transportation Code, Section 452.358, Transportation Code, Section 452.651(c), Transportation Code, Section 452.6545, Transportation Code.

• Section 452.204, Transportation Code

  Sec. 452.204. GENERAL MOBILITY PROGRAM. (a) A unit of election in an authority consisting of one subregion governed by a subregional board created under Subchapter O may, in its discretion and not later than October 1 of each year, enter into a written agreement with the subregional board under which up to 25 percent of the sales and use tax received by the authority in that unit of election may be used by that unit of election for a general mobility program in that unit of election. The program may include: (1) constructing and maintaining sidewalks, hiking trails, and biking trails, highways and local and arterial streets, thoroughfares, and other roads, including bridges, retaining walls, drainage culverts, grade separations, and other structural roadway elements; (2) installing, operating, and maintaining streetlights and traffic control improvements, including traffic signals; or (3) making drainage improvements and taking drainage-related measures as reasonable and necessary for the effective use of the transportation facility being installed, constructed, operated, or maintained under Subdivision (1) or (2). (b) Under an agreement entered into under Subsection (a), a unit of election shall annually provide to the subregional board a list of projects the unit of election intends to fund through the program. (c) Of the sales and use tax available to a unit of election through the general mobility program each year: (1) 50 percent shall be made available to the unit of election on the first day of the authority's fiscal year; and (2) 50 percent shall be made available to the unit of election on a reimbursement basis before the end of the authority's fiscal year. (d) Any money made available to a unit of election under Subsection (c) that is unused by the unit of election in the period described by that subsection must be used by the authority to pay down any outstanding debt that is secured by a sales and use tax rate imposed at a rate of one percent. A payment made under this subsection is in addition to any annual debt payment required of the authority.

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• Section 452.357(a), Transportation Code

  all or part → not more than 75 percent

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• Section 452.358, Transportation Code

  and → ; and (3) fund a general mobility program established under Section 452.204

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• Section 452.651(c), Transportation Code

  sixth → third

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• Section 452.6545, Transportation Code

  Sec. 452.6545. EFFECT OF NOTICE OF ELECTION ON CERTAIN AUTHORITY TO ISSUE OBLIGATIONS. Notwithstanding Subchapter H, on receipt by the executive committee of the authority of a notice provided under Section 452.655(c), the authority may not issue notes, bonds, or other obligations if the issuance would cause the financial obligation of the unit of election under Section 452.659(a) to accrue because the amount in Section 452.659(b)(3) would increase. This limitation on issuance continues until: (1) the effective date of the withdrawal of the unit of election from the authority, if after an election held under Section 452.655 less than a majority of the votes received on the measure in the election favor the proposition; or (2) the day after the date of the canvass of an election held under Section 452.655, if a majority of the votes received on the measure in the election favor the proposition.

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Action History

1. August 15, 2025

   Filed

Sponsors

• Matt Shaheen · Primary

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