FIFTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE

SECOND SESSION, 2026

January 27, 2026

 

 

 

Mr. Speaker:

 

    Your TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC WORKS & CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

 

HOUSE BILL 3

 

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

 

     1. On page 3, lines 15 through 25, under the "Other State Funds" column, strike the sums and insert in lieu thereof:

 

                          "38,717.0

                            2,663.1

                            2,142.6

                           92,907.2

56,790.0

                           54,058.0".

 

    2. On page 4, line 1, under the "Other State Funds" column, strike the sum and insert in lieu thereof:

 

"82,385.3".

 

    3. On page 4, between lines 2 and 3, insert:

 

"The other state funds appropriations to the project design and construction program of the department of transportation in the debt service category includes thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) that is contingent on enactment of Senate Bill 2 or similar legislation of the second session of the fifty-seventh legislature increasing the weight distance tax and increasing registration fees for passenger vehicles and requiring additional registration fees for electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.".

 

    4. On page 4, lines 16, 20, 22 and 23, under the "Other State Funds" column, strike the sums and insert in lieu thereof:

 

                           "175,043.6

                            103,762.3

                             58,284.2

                             16,043.3".

 

    5. On page 4, between lines 24 and 25, insert:

 

"The other state funds appropriation to the highway operations program of the department of transportation includes twenty-nine million nine hundred thousand dollars ($29,900,000) in the roadway maintenance contracts category and ten million dollars ($10,000,000) in the roadway maintenance supplies and materials category that are contingent on Senate Bill 2 or similar legislation of the second session of the fifty-seventh legislature increasing the weight distance tax and increasing registration fees for passenger vehicles and requiring additional registration fees for electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.".

 

    6. On page 5, line 2, under the "Total/Target" column, strike "91%" and insert in lieu thereof "90%".

 

    7. On page 5, lines 12 through 14, under the "Other State Funds" column, strike the sums and insert in lieu thereof:

 

                         "41,759.1

                           3,485.1

                          21,555.0".

 

    8. On page 5, lines 23 through 25, under the "Other State Funds" column, strike the sums and insert in lieu thereof:

 

                           "6,640.2

                           29,188.4

                            3,565.7".

 

    9. On page 5, lines 23 through 25, under the "Intrnl Svc Funds/Inter-Agency Trnsf" column, strike the sums and insert in lieu thereof:

 

                           "7,380.0

                            4,200.0

                              525.5".

 

    10. On page 5, line 23, under the "Federal Funds" column, strike the sum and insert in lieu thereof "1,963.3".

 

    11. On page 6, line 6, strike "eight million seven hundred thousand dollars ($8,700,000)" and insert in lieu thereof "eleven million eight hundred five thousand five hundred dollars ($11,805,500)".

 

    12. Revise all totals and subtotals to correspond with these amendments.

 

    13. On page 6, between lines 11 and 12, insert:

 

    "SECTION 5. FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET ADJUSTMENT AUTHORITY.--The department of transportation may request budget increases up to thirty-five million dollars ($35,000,000) from other state funds to meet federal matching requirements for debt service and related costs and for intergovernmental agreements, lawsuits and construction- and maintenance-related costs.

 

    SECTION 6. FISCAL YEAR 2027 BUDGET ADJUSTMENT AUTHORITY.--The department of transportation may request program transfers between the project design and construction program, the highway operations program, the business support program and the modal program for costs related to engineering, construction, maintenance services and grant agreements; may request program transfer into personnel services and employee benefits category for the prospective salary increase and employer's share of applicable taxes and retirement benefits; and may request an increase up to eighty-five million dollars ($85,000,000) from other state funds and fund balances to meet federal matching requirements, for debt services and related costs, intergovernmental agreements, lawsuits and construction- and maintenance-related costs.".,

 

and thence referred to the APPROPRIATIONS & FINANCE COMMITTEE.                   

 

 

                          Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

 

                                                             

Art De La Cruz, Chair

 

 

Adopted    Not Adopted

              (Chief Clerk)           (Chief Clerk)

 

Date

 

 

The roll call vote was 8 For 1 Against

Yes:         Borrego, De La Cruz, Hernandez, JF, Hochman-Vigil, Jones, Lara, Lundstrom, Romero, GA

No:          Brown

Excused:     None

Absent:      Armstrong, Dow

 

 

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