TITLE: Relating to the appropriation of money from the economic stabilization fund to be used for the purpose of repairing certain roadways and bridges.

SUMMARY: Relating to the appropriation of money from the economic stabilization fund to be used for the purpose of repairing certain roadways and bridges.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the appropriation of money from the economic stabilization fund to be used for the purpose of repairing certain roadways and bridges. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. The amount of $400 million is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the Department of Transportation in each fiscal year of the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2015, for the purpose of repairing roadways and bridges damaged by oversize vehicles or overweight loads used in the development and production of energy or by above-normal usage of roadways and bridges by vehicles used in the development and production of energy. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013, but only if it receives a vote of two-thirds of the members present in each house of the legislature, as provided by Section 49-g(m), Article III, Texas Constitution.