Tex. Gov't Code § 1403.003 · Chapter 1403. GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR CERTAIN BORDER COLONIA PROJECTS
SET-ASIDE FOR COLONIAS LOCATED IN RURAL BORDER COUNTIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section:
(1) "Border colonia" means a border colonia as defined by commission rule under Section 1403.002.
(2) "Rural border county" means a county that:
(A) has a population of less than 55,000; and
(B) is adjacent to an international border.
(3) "Set-aside" means a reservation of a portion of the proceeds from the sale of general obligation bonds and notes under this chapter to provide financial assistance for specific colonia access roadway projects proposed by rural border counties.
(b) The authority shall set aside an amount equal to 10 percent of the proceeds from each sale of general obligation bonds and notes under this chapter to provide financial assistance for colonia access roadway projects designed to pave roads serving border colonias located in rural border counties.
(c) The authority, as directed by the Texas Department of Transportation, shall provide a grant from the set-aside on a priority basis to a rural border county that proposes to pave for the first time a road serving a border colonia located in that county.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 320, Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2003.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.1403.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 ab5faacbb7ac88e7cf7fc7e85bf0b3b149f20cecb551624daaf54cdc8dc2a319
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.