Texas Administrative Code

Texas Administrative Code

TITLE 43	TRANSPORTATION
PART 1	TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
CHAPTER 16	PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS
SUBCHAPTER C	TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS
RULE §16.103	Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP)

(B) Eligibility. Except as provided in 23 C.F.R. §450.220, only those projects included in the federally approved STIP will be eligible for funding with Title 23 U.S. Code or Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C. §5307 et seq.) funds.

(2) Project selection in metropolitan planning areas. In metropolitan planning areas, transportation projects shall be selected in accordance with the project selection procedures established in §16.101(n) of this subchapter.

(3) Project selection outside metropolitan planning areas. Outside metropolitan planning areas, transportation projects undertaken on the National Highway System with Title 23 funds and under the bridge and interstate maintenance programs shall be selected by the department in consultation with affected local officials. Federal lands highways projects shall be selected in accordance with 23 U.S.C. §204. Other transportation projects undertaken with funds administered by the FHWA shall be selected by the department in cooperation with the affected local officials, and projects undertaken with Federal Transit Act funds shall be selected by the department in cooperation with the affected local officials and public transportation operators.

Source Note: The provisions of this §16.103 adopted to be effective January 1, 2011, 35 TexReg 8388; amended to be effective November 15, 2012, 37 TexReg 8981; amended to be effective September 1, 2018, 43 TexReg 5240