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HB4520 • 2025

Relating to requirements for certain funding of aviation facilities and projects.

Relating to requirements for certain funding of aviation facilities and projects.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Martinez
Last action
2025-06-20
Official status
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Effective date
2025-06-20

Plain English Breakdown

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Relating to requirements for certain funding of aviation facilities and projects.

Relating to requirements for certain funding of aviation facilities and projects.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to requirements for certain funding of aviation facilities and projects.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Effective on 9/1/25

  3. 2025-05-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  4. 2025-05-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  5. 2025-05-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  6. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  7. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    House concurs in Senate amendment(s)

  8. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#3986

  9. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Text of Senate Amendment(s)

  10. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported

  11. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate Amendments distributed

  12. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

  13. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-sponsor authorized

  14. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  15. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  16. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

  17. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  18. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  19. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  20. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  21. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  22. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  23. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate passage as amended reported

  24. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  25. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  26. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  27. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  28. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  29. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  30. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  31. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Transportation

  32. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  33. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  34. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#2612

  35. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  36. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  37. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  38. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Laid out as postponed business

  39. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Amended. 1-Martinez

  40. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Amended. 2-Martinez

  41. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment as amended

  42. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#2490

  43. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  44. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Laid out as postponed business

  45. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Postponed. 5/14/25 8:00 AM

  46. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Laid out as postponed business

  47. 2025-05-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Postponed. 5/13/25 10:00 AM

  48. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  49. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  50. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Postponed. 5/9/25 9:00 AM

  51. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  52. 2025-05-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  53. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  54. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  55. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Recalled from subcommittee

  56. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  57. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  58. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .

  59. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered by s/c in public hearing

  60. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee

  61. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in subcommittee

  62. 2025-04-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  63. 2025-04-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to s/c on Transportation Funding by Speaker

  64. 2025-03-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to requirements for certain funding of aviation facilities and projects.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 4520 - Enrolled version - Bill 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.

______________________________

______________________________

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.

______________________________

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.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: __________________

Date

__________________

Governor