85R12837 JAM-D     By: Shaheen H.B. No. 2530       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a reduction of amounts appropriated to the Texas   Department of Transportation for a violation of provisions relating   to public participation in the environmental review of   transportation projects.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 201.604, Transportation Code, is amended   by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:          (f)  If the department violates a requirement relating to   public participation in the environmental review of a   transportation project under this section or under rules adopted to   implement this section, the department is subject to a reduction of   amounts appropriated for administration by the General   Appropriations Act for the biennium following the biennium in which   the violation occurs in an amount not to exceed $100,000 for each   violation.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.