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Caption
relating to requirements for loans or grants provided by the Texas
Transportation Commission to aviation facilities located in
economically disadvantaged counties.
Five percent of the project cost from non-state money.
The bill lowers the local cost share that a city or county must put up to get a state aviation loan or grant when the airport sits in an economically disadvantaged county. Those airports would need to cover five percent of the project cost from non-state money instead of the usual ten percent. All other airports keep the ten percent match, and the rules on 20-year local control, disclosing funding sources, and adequate planning stay the same.
relating to requirements for loans or grants provided by the Texas
Transportation Commission to aviation facilities located in
economically disadvantaged counties.
WHAT IT DOES
Five percent of the project cost from non-state money.
The bill lowers the local cost share that a city or county must put up to get a state aviation loan or grant when the airport sits in an economically disadvantaged county. Those airports would need to cover five percent of the project cost from non-state money instead of the usual ten percent. All other airports keep the ten percent match, and the rules on 20-year local control, disclosing funding sources, and adequate planning stay the same.
CHARGES
[ ] NONE FOUND
TOTAL
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.
Sources
Senator Nichols moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 2226 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. The bill was read third time and was passed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 31 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.
Sources
Senator Nichols moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 2226 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 31 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
89R7490 JAM-F
By: Nichols
S.B. No. 2226
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.
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