85R28915 AAF-D     By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 2227     (Martinez)     Substitute the following for S.B. No. 2227:  No.       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to an increase in and the use of the fee for permits issued   for the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles carrying cargo   in Hidalgo County.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 623.364, Transportation Code, is amended   to read as follows:          Sec. 623.364.  PERMIT FEES. (a) The authority may collect a   fee for permits issued under this subchapter.  Beginning September   1, 2017 [2013], the maximum amount of the fee may not exceed $200   [$80] per trip. On September 1 of each subsequent year, the   authority may adjust the maximum fee amount as necessary to reflect   the percentage change during the preceding year in the Consumer   Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. City Average,   published monthly by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics   or its successor in function.          (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), fees [Fees]   collected under Subsection (a) shall be used only for the   construction and maintenance of the roads described by or   designated under Section 623.363 and for the authority's   administrative costs, which may not exceed:                (1)  15 percent of the fees collected from the issuance   of permits authorizing the movement of oversize or overweight   vehicles on a road not listed in Section 623.363(a)(1)(J), (K),   (L), or (M); or                (2)  15 percent of the fees collected from the issuance   of permits authorizing the movement of oversize or overweight   vehicles on a road listed in Section 623.363(a)(1)(J), (K), (L), or   (M) minus the amount of fees used under Subsection (d).          (c)  The authority shall make payments to the Texas   Department of Transportation to provide funds for the maintenance   of roads and highways subject to this subchapter.          (d)  Fees collected under Subsection (a) from the issuance of   permits authorizing the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles   on a road listed in Section 623.363(a)(1)(J), (K), (L), or (M) must   be used in an amount not to exceed five percent of those fees to   leverage funding from other sources to:                (1)  construct a bridge on Farm-to-Market Road 1015 in   Hidalgo County between Military Highway and Mile 5 Road North;                (2)  improve the roads described by Section 623.363   that are in Weslaco or Progreso;                (3)  improve Mile 5 Road North in Hidalgo County; and                (4)  support the construction of roads proposed by the   City of Donna connecting a proposed commercial import lot near the   Donna-Rio Bravo International Bridge to Farm-to-Market Road 493 and   Military Highway.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.