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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas Senate Bill 36 authorizes regional transportation authorities to establish general mobility programs and alters bond-securing rules
Last action · August 15, 2025: FiledSponsors: Angela Paxton and 2 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Texas Senate Bill 36 allows specific subregional transportation authorities to allocate up to 25 percent of their sales and use tax revenue to local general mobility programs, restricts bond tax pledges to 75 percent, and changes withdrawal election timelines for certain units of election.
Local governments gain discretionary funding for sidewalk, street, and drainage projects using regional sales tax revenue, while regional transportation authorities face new caps on tax revenue pledged to secure bonds.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
regional transportation authorities
Authorities face a 75 percent cap on tax revenue pledged for bonds and must manage general mobility program funding distributions and debt pay-downs.
units of election
Eligible units of election gain discretion to use up to 25 percent of sales tax revenue for local transportation and drainage projects.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
What can general mobility program funds be used for?
How much sales and use tax revenue can be allocated to a general mobility program?
What happens to unused money allocated to a general mobility program?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the Senate · in the House.
Procedural history
2 actions- Aug 15, 2025SenateIntroducedFiled
- Aug 15, 2025SenateReceived by the Secretary of the Senate
Version history
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Decentralization of Sales Tax Revenue
The bill shifts a portion of regional transportation sales and use tax revenues back to individual units of election for local street and utility projects.
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capitol.texas.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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