85R801 JTS-D     By: Sanford H.B. No. 1903       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the use of toll project revenue for air quality   projects.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 228.0055(a), Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)  Payments, project savings, refinancing dividends, and   any other revenue received by the commission or the department   under a comprehensive development agreement shall be used by the   commission or the department to finance the construction,   maintenance, or operation of transportation projects [or air   quality projects] in the region.          SECTION 2.  Section 228.006(a), Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)  The commission shall authorize the use of surplus   revenue of a toll project or system to pay the costs of a highway or   other transportation project[, highway project, or air quality   project] within a region in which any part of the toll project is   located.          SECTION 3.  Section 228.109(d), Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (d)  Notwithstanding Subsection (c), surplus revenue may be   used for a transportation [or air quality] project as authorized by   Section 228.006.          SECTION 4.  Section 370.003(14), Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:                (14)  "Transportation project" means:                      (A)  a turnpike project;                      (B)  a system;                      (C)  a passenger or freight rail facility,   including:                            (i)  tracks;                            (ii)  a rail line;                            (iii)  switching, signaling, or other   operating equipment;                            (iv)  a depot;                            (v)  a locomotive;                            (vi)  rolling stock;                            (vii)  a maintenance facility; and                            (viii)  other real and personal property   associated with a rail operation;                      (D)  a roadway with a functional classification   greater than a local road or rural minor collector;                      (D-1)  a bridge;                      (E)  a ferry;                      (F)  an airport, other than an airport that on   September 1, 2005, was served by one or more air carriers engaged in   scheduled interstate transportation, as those terms were defined by   14 C.F.R. Section 1.1 on that date;                      (G)  a pedestrian or bicycle facility;                      (H)  an intermodal hub;                      (I)  an automated conveyor belt for the movement   of freight;                      (J)  a border crossing inspection station,   including:                            (i)  a border crossing inspection station   located at or near an international border crossing; and                            (ii)  a border crossing inspection station   located at or near a border crossing from another state of the   United States and not more than 50 miles from an international   border;                      (K)  [an air quality improvement initiative;                      [(L)] a public utility facility;                      (L) [(M)]  a transit system;                      (M) [(M-1)]  a parking area, structure, or   facility, or a collection device for parking fees;                      (N)  if applicable, projects and programs listed   in the most recently approved state implementation plan for the   area covered by the authority, including an early action compact;                      (O)  improvements in a transportation   reinvestment zone designated under Subchapter E, Chapter 222; and                      (P)  port security, transportation, or facility   projects eligible for funding under Section 55.002.          SECTION 5.  Subchapter A, Chapter 372, Transportation Code,   is amended by adding Section 372.002 to read as follows:          Sec. 372.002.  PROHIBITION ON USE OF TOLL REVENUE FOR AIR   QUALITY PROJECTS. A toll project entity may not use toll revenue   for projects that are intended solely to mitigate or prevent air   pollution or other adverse environmental impacts.          SECTION 6.  Section 228.001(1), Transportation Code, is   repealed.          SECTION 7.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.