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SB2226 • 2025

Relating to requirements for loans or grants provided by the Texas Transportation Commission to aviation facilities located in economically disadvantaged counties.

Relating to requirements for loans or grants provided by the Texas Transportation Commission to aviation facilities located in economically disadvantaged counties.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Nichols
Last action
2025-04-22
Official status
04/22/2025 H Referred to s/c on Transportation Funding by Speaker: Apr 22 2025 3:20PM
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Relating to requirements for loans or grants provided by the Texas Transportation Commission to aviation facilities located in economically disadvantaged counties.

Relating to requirements for loans or grants provided by the Texas Transportation Commission to aviation facilities located in economically disadvantaged counties.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to requirements for loans or grants provided by the Texas Transportation Commission to aviation facilities located in economically disadvantaged counties.

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. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  2. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to s/c on Transportation Funding by Speaker

  3. 2025-04-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the Senate

  4. 2025-04-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-author authorized

  5. 2025-04-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  6. 2025-04-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  7. 2025-04-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

  8. 2025-04-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  9. 2025-04-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  10. 2025-04-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  11. 2025-04-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  12. 2025-04-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  13. 2025-04-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  14. 2025-04-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  15. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Not again placed on intent calendar

  16. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  17. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  18. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  19. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  20. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  21. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  22. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  23. 2025-03-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  24. 2025-03-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Transportation

  25. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

  26. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to requirements for loans or grants provided by the Texas Transportation Commission to aviation facilities located in economically disadvantaged counties.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) SB 2226 - Engrossed version - Bill Text

By: Nichols

S.B. No. 2226

Hinojosa of Hidalgo

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to requirements for loans or grants provided by the Texas

Transportation Commission to aviation facilities located in

economically disadvantaged counties.

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. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.