The Official Publication of the County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is now accepting electronic applications for the County Transportation Infrastructure Fund (TIF) grant program. The deadline to apply for a portion of the allocated $250 million is May 27. Each County Judge should have received a certified letter from TxDOT notifying their county of the TIF application process and […]
As a 37-year resident of Odessa and now Ector County’s chief administrative officer, County Judge Debi Hays is proud of the contribution the Permian Basin makes not only to the Lone Star State, but to the nation. In fact, she has the statistics at her fingertips: “The Permian Basin is the epicenter of energy […]
KEY QUESTION: Can Commissioners Courts regulate traffic on county roads? REFERENCE POINT: Texas Transportation Code, Chapter 541-Chapter 545, Title 7, Subtitle C, “Rules of the Road, ” also known as the Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways Texas Transportation Code, Chapter 251, Subchapter E, part of the County Road and Bridge Act TALKING […]
The following is an excerpt from TxDOT’s recently released Q&A document. To read the full version, go to http://ftp.dot.state.tx.us/pub/txdot-info/energy/sb1747/frequently-asked-questions.pdf. Deadlines Q: What is the deadline for accepting the grant funding? A: The rules do not specify a date by which the agreement must be executed. Counties can begin incurring costs on the date they received […]
The 83rd Texas Legislature appropriated $225 million for transportation infrastructure projects in counties affected by oil and gas production. All 254 counties qualified for some amount in grant funds. As of the March 14 deadline, 191 counties had applied for the funding available from TxDOT’s County Transportation Infrastructure Fund Grant program. The 191 counties identified $1,152,421,279 […]
