2020 County Transportation Infrastructure Fund Grant Program (closed)

2020 County Transportation Infrastructure Fund Grant Program (closed) The Texas Department of Transportation has completed and closed the 5-year County Transportation Infrastructure Fund Grant Program. Timeframe for reimbursement of grant funds (closed) As outlined in Section 256.108 of the Texas Transportation Code, the deadline for TxDOT to reimburse counties for eligible work under the 2020 program call is June 24, 2025 which is 5 years from the grant award date. To ensure counties are reimbursed for work activities, TxDOT recommends that counties complete work, pay vendors, and submit reimbursement requests to TxDOT by April 24, 2025. Application period (closed) April 27, 2020 – May 27, 2020 Applications are required to be submitted electronically by email to TxDOT . A complete application consists of the following three documents: Application Form; List of Transportation Infrastructure and County-approved road condition report. Any county application submitted before April 27, 2020, will be deemed received by TxDOT on April 27, 2020, for purposes of TxDOT's review timeline under the applicable statute and rules. No application will be accepted after May 27, 2020. Estimated Grant Funds Available: $249,500,000 Award and grant agreement Grant agreement Grant agreement processing instructions TxDOT district contacts Grant award and county match Estimated allocation vs actual award Map Monthly reimbursement report Program documents and forms Frequently asked questions (Updated Aug. 31, 2020) Program implementation procedures Certification forms Invoice and billing sheets Sample invoice package List of transportation infrastructure projects County presentation: CTIF project list, certifications and reimbursements Application documents (closed) Application process training for counties Estimated allocation amount Application form Economically disadvantaged counties list 2020 program background information The 86th Legislature (2019), in House Bill 4280, modified the statutory allocation formula for the program and added some program requirements for county grant recipients. Specifically, HB 4280 amended Subchapter C, Chapter 256, Transportation Code, by adding Section 256.107, to require that, when a county uses program funds to contract for construction or maintenance, the county must competitively bid (low-bid) the projects and publicly open the bids. Under Section 256.108, Transportation county must spend the county’s grant allocation within five years from the award date. HB 4280 modifies the statutory allocation formula for the program by adding the vertical well completion ratio as a factor in the program allocation formula and adjusts the relative percentages of two other factors to establish the following revised allocation formula for distributing grant funds among the counties: 10% - weight tolerance permits 20% - oil and gas production taxes 45% - horizontal well completion 10% - volume of oil and gas waste injected and 15% - vertical well completion ratio (new). TxDOT will rely on data from the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, the Texas Railroad Commission, and the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles to calculate the allocation of grant funds appropriately with the updated formula requirements of the program. The 86th Legislature has appropriated $250 million for the 2020 program call. HB 4280 will require TxDOT to update and modify the program’s current administrative rules, program documents, and agreements. The proposed changes to the administrative rules were approved (as draft) by the commission at the November meeting. The final rules were approved by the commission at the February meeting and published in the Texas Register on March 13, 2020, with an effective date of March 18, 2020. Program notice