By:  Shapleigh                                         S.B. No. 907
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to requiring the Texas Department of Transportation to
 1-3     conduct a study of strategic deployment routes and highways and
 1-4     intermodal facilities used by the military.
 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-6           SECTION 1.  (a)  The Texas Department of Transportation shall
 1-7     conduct a study of strategic deployment routes and other highways
 1-8     and intermodal facilities critical to the mission of the military
 1-9     in this state.  As part of its study, the department shall meet
1-10     with appropriate persons from military installations in this state
1-11     to identify the strategic deployment routes and highways and
1-12     intermodal facilities most often used by the military.  The
1-13     department shall specifically study the conditions of these routes
1-14     and highways and intermodal facilities and identify the highways
1-15     and intermodal facilities that need further construction,
1-16     expansion, or maintenance.  The department shall consider the costs
1-17     necessary to accomplish the improvements.  The department may base
1-18     a portion of this study on prior department studies that provide
1-19     substantially accurate data and address a relevant or designated
1-20     issue for study in this Act.
1-21           (b)  The department shall, not later than January 1, 2003,
1-22     submit a written report to the governor, lieutenant governor, and
1-23     speaker of the house of representatives detailing the results of
 2-1     the study required by this Act, including any recommendations for
 2-2     legislative action.
 2-3           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
 2-4     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
 2-5     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
 2-6     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
 2-7     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.