88R11861 MZM-D     By: Romero, Jr. H.B. No. 2934       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a study by the Texas Department of Transportation on the   use of municipal impact fees for roadway facilities.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 395, Local Government   Code, is amended by adding Section 395.0115 to read as follows:          Sec. 395.0115.  STUDY OF MUNICIPAL IMPACT FEES TO PAY FOR   ROADWAY FACILITIES. (a) The Texas Department of Transportation   shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of using   municipal impact fees to pay for roadway facilities that are   necessary due to municipal development.          (b)  In conducting the study, the Texas Department of   Transportation must consider:                (1)  the roadway facility needs of municipalities;                (2)  the amount of debt incurred by municipalities for   roadway facilities;                (3)  the practicability of adopting impact fees for   roadway facilities in a municipality's roadway plan, considering   costs associated with fee imposition and collection;                (4)  the potential and known effects of the imposition   and collection of impact fees on local transportation needs;                (5)  the potential and known effects of the imposition   and collection of impact fees on the municipality's debt; and                (6)  the practicability and potential effects of   remitting five percent of a municipality's impact fees to the   department for the construction and maintenance of state highways   attributable to development in the municipality.          (c)  From the results of the study the Texas Department of   Transportation shall determine:                (1)  the population threshold of a municipality for   which the imposition and collection of impact fees for roadway   facilities in the municipality's roadway plan is administratively   feasible;                (2)  viable alternatives to municipal impact fees in   municipalities where the imposition and collection of impact fees   is not administratively feasible; and                (3)  to what extent, if any, the adoption of impact fees   would alleviate the debt burden of municipalities.          (d)  The Texas Department of Transportation shall provide   the results of the study and the determinations under Subsection   (c) to the members of the legislature not later than September 1,   2024.          (e)  This section expires September 1, 2025.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2023.