Sec. 222.109. REDUCTION PROHIBITED. (a) A municipality or county may not be penalized with a reduction in traditional transportation funding because of the designation and use of a transportation reinvestment zone under this chapter. Any funding from the department committed to a project before the date that a transportation reinvestment zone is designated may not be reduced because the transportation reinvestment zone is designated in connection with that project.
(b) The department may not reduce any allocation of traditional transportation funding to any of its districts because a district contains a municipality or county that contains a transportation reinvestment zone designated under this chapter.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 475 (H.B. 563), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2011.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle B - State Highway System
Chapter 222 - Funding and Federal Aid
Section 222.101. Expenditure of Money
Section 222.103. Cost Participation
Section 222.104. Pass-Through Tolls
Section 222.1045. Contracts of Certain Public Entities
Section 222.1045. Contracts of Certain Public Entities
Section 222.106. Municipal Transportation Reinvestment Zones
Section 222.107. County Transportation Reinvestment Zones
Section 222.1075. Port Authority Transportation Reinvestment Zone
Section 222.108. Transportation Reinvestment Zones for Other Transportation Projects
Section 222.109. Reduction Prohibited
Section 222.110. Sales Tax Increment
Section 222.111. Transportation Reinvestment Zones for Projects Located in Other Jurisdictions