TITLE: Relating to a reduction of amounts appropriated to the Texas Department of Transportation for a violation of provisions relating to public participation in the environmental review of transportation projects.

SUMMARY: Relating to a reduction of amounts appropriated to the Texas Department of Transportation for a violation of provisions relating to public participation in the environmental review of transportation projects.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to a reduction of amounts appropriated to the Texas Department of Transportation for a violation of provisions relating to public participation in the environmental review of transportation projects. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 201.604, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: (f) If the department violates a requirement relating to public participation in the environmental review of a transportation project under this section or under rules adopted to implement this section, the department is subject to a reduction of amounts appropriated for administration by the General Appropriations Act for the biennium following the biennium in which the violation occurs in an amount not to exceed $100,000 for each violation. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.