| (a) Development. The department, in collaboration with
local transportation entities, will develop mutually acceptable assumptions
for the purposes of long-range federal and state funding forecasts
that are consistent with the project selection criteria prescribed
under §16.105(d) of this chapter (relating to Unified Transportation
Program (UTP)). The department and each planning organization will
use those funding assumptions to coordinate and guide development
of the metropolitan transportation plans, statewide long-range transportation
plan, transportation improvement programs, rural transportation improvement
programs, statewide transportation improvement program, and unified
transportation program under §§16.53 - 16.54, 16.101 - 16.103,
and 16.105 of this chapter (relating to Metropolitan Transportation
Plan (MTP), Statewide Long-Range Transportation Plan (SLRTP), Transportation
Improvement Program (TIP), Rural Transportation Improvement Program
(RTIP), and Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP), respectively).
(b) Factors. The assumptions will include the following
factors:
(1) anticipated level of available state gas tax revenues
to be deposited to the credit of the state highway fund;
(2) anticipated level of registration fees and other
state non-gas tax revenues to be deposited to the credit of the state
highway fund;
(3) anticipated level of federal transportation funding;
and
(4) other factors considered appropriate by the commission
for projection of available funding.
(c) Optional factors. In addition to the funding forecasts
developed under subsection (b) of this section, an MPO may, in order
to guide development of a separate supplement to the MPO's metropolitan
transportation plan and its portion of the statewide long-range transportation
plan, also include reasonable funding assumptions based on local funding
options and contingent state, federal, and local funding sources.
(1) The supplement must:
(A) clearly identify and separate the funding forecasts
developed by the department under subsection (b) of this section from
the forecasts using assumptions based on local funding options and
contingent funding sources;
(B) describe the rationale for incorporating each additional
funding option and source; and
(C) be approved by the MPO policy board.
(2) The MPO will collaborate with the department in
development of the additional funding assumptions.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §16.151 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 |
