By: Hinojosa  S.B. No. 1334          (In the Senate - Filed March 6, 2017; March 14, 2017, read   first time and referred to Committee on Transportation;   April 20, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 8,   Nays 1; April 20, 2017, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote    A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to the allocation categories for state funding of public   transportation.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 456.001, Transportation Code, is amended   by adding Subdivisions (15) and (16) to read as follows:                (15)  "Large urbanized area" means an urbanized area   with a population of 200,000 or more.                 (16)  "Small urbanized area" means an urbanized area   with a population of less than 200,000.          SECTION 2.  Section 456.021(a), Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)  The commission shall allocate to large urbanized, small   urbanized, and nonurbanized [urban, urbanized, and rural] areas   under the formula program provided by this subchapter the amount   appropriated from all sources to the commission each state fiscal   biennium for public transportation, other than money from the   United States and amounts specifically appropriated for   coordination, technical support, or other administrative costs.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.     * * * * *