Relating to requirements for certain funding of aviation facilities and projects, the official text

H.B. No. 4520

AN ACT

relating to requirements for certain funding of aviation facilities

and projects.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 21.105(b), Transportation Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(b) Before approving a loan or grant, the commission shall

require that:

(1) the airport or facility remain in the control of

each political subdivision involved for at least 20 years;

(2) the political subdivision disclose the source of

all funds for the project and the political subdivision's ability

to finance and operate the project;

(3) at least:

(A) 10 percent of the total project cost be

provided by sources other than the state; or

(B) if the airport is located in an economically

disadvantaged county, as defined by Section 222.053, five percent

of the total project cost be provided by sources other than the

state; and

(4) the project be adequately planned.

SECTION 2. Section 21.114(b), Transportation Code, is

repealed.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

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President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 4520 was passed by the House on May

15, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 103, Nays 35, 4 present, not

voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.

No. 4520 on May 28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 98, Nays 39,

1 present, not voting.

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Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 4520 was passed by the Senate, with

amendments, on May 26, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays

0.

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Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: __________________

Date

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Governor