1-1 By: Gutierrez, Oliveira (Senate Sponsor-Shapleigh) H.B. No. 1861
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 1999;
1-3 May 3, 1999, read first time and referred to Special Committee on
1-4 Border Affairs; May 7, 1999, reported favorably, as amended, by the
1-5 following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 7, 1999, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Shapleigh
1-7 Amend HB 1861 as follows:
1-8 After "(7)" and before "increasing" (House Engrossment, page 1,
1-9 line 35), insert the following "to the extent allowed by applicable
1-10 law,"
1-11 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-12 AN ACT
1-13 relating to increasing private investments in transportation
1-14 infrastructure in the border region.
1-15 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-16 SECTION 1. Section 201.109(b), Transportation Code, is
1-17 amended to read as follows:
1-18 (b) In carrying out this section, the commission shall
1-19 provide for:
1-20 (1) maximizing the generation of revenue from existing
1-21 assets of the department, including real estate;
1-22 (2) increasing the role of the private sector and
1-23 public-private projects in the leasing of real estate and other
1-24 assets in the development of highway projects;
1-25 (3) setting and attempting to meet annual revenue
1-26 enhancement goals;
1-27 (4) reporting on the progress in meeting revenue
1-28 enhancement goals in the department's annual report;
1-29 (5) contracting for an independent audit of the
1-30 department's management and business operations in 2001 and each
1-31 12th year after 2001; [and]
1-32 (6) developing a cost-benefit analysis between the use
1-33 of local materials previously incorporated into roadways versus use
1-34 of materials blended or transported from other sources; and
1-35 (7) increasing private investment in the
1-36 transportation infrastructure in the border region, including the
1-37 counties of Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Brewster, Brooks, Cameron,
1-38 Crockett, Culberson, Dimmit, Duval, Edwards, El Paso, Frio,
1-39 Hidalgo, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kerr,
1-40 Kimble, Kinney, Kleberg, La Salle, Live Oak, Maverick, McMullen,
1-41 Medina, Nueces, Pecos, Presidio, Real, Reeves, San Patricio,
1-42 Starr, Sutton, Terrell, Uvalde, Val Verde, Webb, Willacy, Zapata,
1-43 and Zavala.
1-44 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-45 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-46 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-47 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-48 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-49 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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