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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas HB 255 allows regional transit authorities to allocate up to 25 percent of sales tax revenue for local road, trail, and infrastructure projects
Last action · August 4, 2025: FiledSponsor: Matt Shaheen
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What This Bill Proposed
Regional transportation authorities in certain subregions may allow a to use up to 25 percent of its sales and use tax for a general mobility program covering streets, sidewalks, and drainage improvements, effective on the 91st day after the legislative session ends.
Local subregions gain the option to redirect a portion of their transit sales tax toward community street, sidewalk, and drainage projects while altering rules for authority bond s and local withdrawal elections.
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 must manage new general mobility program agreements, adjust bond revenue pledges up to 75 percent, and apply unused funds to debt reduction.
Units of election
Units of election gain the option to enter written agreements for up to 25 percent of sales tax revenue to fund local streets, trails, and drainage projects.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
What can general mobility program funds be spent on?
How much sales and use tax revenue can be allocated to the general mobility program?
How often can a unit of election hold a withdrawal election under the updated rules?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
1 action- Aug 4, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
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Diversion of Transit Tax for General Mobility
The legislation introduces a framework allowing transit tax revenue to be redirected toward general municipal infrastructure such as sidewalks and streets rather than strictly mass transit operations.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
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