HB 263

relating to the grant program distributing money from the
transportation infrastructure fund.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 256.103(b), Transportation Code, is
(b)  Grants distributed during a fiscal year must be
allocated among counties as follows:
(1)  10 percent according to weight tolerance permits,
determined by the ratio of weight tolerance permits issued in the
preceding fiscal year for the county to the total number of weight
tolerance permits issued in the state in that fiscal year, as
determined by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles;
(2)  15 [20] percent according to oil and gas
production taxes, determined by the ratio of oil and gas production
taxes collected by the comptroller in the preceding fiscal year in
the county to the total amount of oil and gas production taxes
collected in the state in that fiscal year, as determined by the
(3)  40 [45] percent according to horizontal well
completions, determined by the ratio of horizontal well completions
in the preceding fiscal year in the county to the total number of
horizontal well completions in the state in that fiscal year, as
determined by the Railroad Commission of Texas;
(4)  10 percent according to the volume of oil and gas
waste injected, determined by the ratio of the volume of oil and gas
waste injected in the preceding fiscal year in the county to the
total volume of oil and gas waste injected in the state in that
fiscal year, as determined by the Railroad Commission of Texas;
(5)  10 [15] percent according to vertical well
completions, determined by the ratio of vertical well completions
in the preceding fiscal year in the county to the total number of
vertical well completions in the state in that fiscal year, as
determined by the Railroad Commission of Texas;
(6)  10 percent according to regularly producing
horizontal wells, determined by the ratio of regularly producing
horizontal wells in the preceding fiscal year in a county adjacent
to the county that applies for a grant under this subchapter to the
total number of regularly producing horizontal wells in the state
in that fiscal year, as determined by the Railroad Commission of
Texas, to be distributed equally among counties that are adjacent
to the county where the production occurred and that have applied
for a grant under this subchapter; and
(7)  five percent according to regularly producing
vertical wells, determined by the ratio of regularly producing
vertical wells in the preceding fiscal year in a county adjacent to
the county that applies for a grant under this subchapter to the
total number of regularly producing vertical wells in the state in
that fiscal year, as determined by the Railroad Commission of
Texas, to be distributed equally among counties that are adjacent
to the county where the production occurred and that have applied
for a grant under this subchapter.
SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.