Sec. 401.244.  HOST COUNTY PUBLIC PROJECTS.  (a)  The compact waste disposal facility license holder each quarter shall transfer to the commissioners court of the host county five percent of the gross receipts from:
(1)  compact waste received at the compact waste disposal facility;  and
(2)  any federal facility waste received at a federal facility waste disposal facility licensed under Section 401.216.
(b)  The commissioners court of the host county may:
(1)  spend the money for public projects in the host county;  or
(2)  disburse the money to other local entities or to public nonprofit corporations to be spent for local public projects.
(c)  Money received from the compact waste disposal facility license holder under this section may be spent only for public projects in the host county that are for the use and benefit of the public at large. 
(d)  Money received by the commissioners court of the host county under this section is not a loan or grant-in-aid subject to review by a regional planning commission under Chapter 391, Local Government Code. 
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 878, Sec. 16, eff. June 18, 1993;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1367, Sec. 32, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Renumbered from Health and Safety Code Sec. 402.252 and amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1067, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.