89R6291 JAM-F     By: Guillen H.B. No. 263       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the grant program distributing money from the   transportation infrastructure fund.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 256.103(b), Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (b)  Grants distributed during a fiscal year must be   allocated among counties as follows:                (1)  10 percent according to weight tolerance permits,   determined by the ratio of weight tolerance permits issued in the   preceding fiscal year for the county to the total number of weight   tolerance permits issued in the state in that fiscal year, as   determined by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles;                (2)  15 [20] percent according to oil and gas   production taxes, determined by the ratio of oil and gas production   taxes collected by the comptroller in the preceding fiscal year in   the county to the total amount of oil and gas production taxes   collected in the state in that fiscal year, as determined by the   comptroller;                (3)  40 [45] percent according to horizontal well   completions, determined by the ratio of horizontal well completions   in the preceding fiscal year in the county to the total number of   horizontal well completions in the state in that fiscal year, as   determined by the Railroad Commission of Texas;                (4)  10 percent according to the volume of oil and gas   waste injected, determined by the ratio of the volume of oil and gas   waste injected in the preceding fiscal year in the county to the   total volume of oil and gas waste injected in the state in that   fiscal year, as determined by the Railroad Commission of Texas;   [and]                (5)  10 [15] percent according to vertical well   completions, determined by the ratio of vertical well completions   in the preceding fiscal year in the county to the total number of   vertical well completions in the state in that fiscal year, as   determined by the Railroad Commission of Texas;                (6)  10 percent according to regularly producing   horizontal wells, determined by the ratio of regularly producing   horizontal wells in the preceding fiscal year in a county adjacent   to the county that applies for a grant under this subchapter to the   total number of regularly producing horizontal wells in the state   in that fiscal year, as determined by the Railroad Commission of   Texas, to be distributed equally among counties that are adjacent   to the county where the production occurred and that have applied   for a grant under this subchapter; and                (7)  five percent according to regularly producing   vertical wells, determined by the ratio of regularly producing   vertical wells in the preceding fiscal year in a county adjacent to   the county that applies for a grant under this subchapter to the   total number of regularly producing vertical wells in the state in   that fiscal year, as determined by the Railroad Commission of   Texas, to be distributed equally among counties that are adjacent   to the county where the production occurred and that have applied   for a grant under this subchapter.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.