By Gutierrez, Oliveira H.B. No. 1861
76R3293 DWS-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to increasing private investments in transportation
1-3 infrastructure in the border region.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 201.109(b), Transportation Code, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (b) In carrying out this section, the commission shall
1-8 provide for:
1-9 (1) maximizing the generation of revenue from existing
1-10 assets of the department, including real estate;
1-11 (2) increasing the role of the private sector and
1-12 public-private projects in the leasing of real estate and other
1-13 assets in the development of highway projects;
1-14 (3) setting and attempting to meet annual revenue
1-15 enhancement goals;
1-16 (4) reporting on the progress in meeting revenue
1-17 enhancement goals in the department's annual report;
1-18 (5) contracting for an independent audit of the
1-19 department's management and business operations in 2001 and each
1-20 12th year after 2001; [and]
1-21 (6) developing a cost-benefit analysis between the use
1-22 of local materials previously incorporated into roadways versus use
1-23 of materials blended or transported from other sources; and
1-24 (7) increasing private investment in the
2-1 transportation infrastructure in the border region, including the
2-2 counties of Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Brewster, Brooks, Cameron,
2-3 Crockett, Culberson, Dimmit, Duval, Edwards, El Paso, Frio,
2-4 Hidalgo, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kerr,
2-5 Kimble, Kinney, Kleberg, La Salle, Live Oak, Maverick, McMullen,
2-6 Medina, Nueces, Pecos, Presidio, Real, Reeves, San Patricio,
2-7 Starr, Sutton, Terrell, Uvalde, Val Verde, Webb, Willacy, Zapata,
2-8 and Zavala.
2-9 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
2-10 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-11 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-12 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-13 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-14 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.