1-1 By: Shapleigh S.B. No. 907 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed February 23, 2001; February 27, 2001, 1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran Affairs and 1-4 Military Installations; March 22, 2001, reported favorably by the 1-5 following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; March 22, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to requiring the Texas Department of Transportation to 1-9 conduct a study of strategic deployment routes and highways and 1-10 intermodal facilities used by the military. 1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-12 SECTION 1. (a) The Texas Department of Transportation shall 1-13 conduct a study of strategic deployment routes and other highways 1-14 and intermodal facilities critical to the mission of the military 1-15 in this state. As part of its study, the department shall meet 1-16 with appropriate persons from military installations in this state 1-17 to identify the strategic deployment routes and highways and 1-18 intermodal facilities most often used by the military. The 1-19 department shall specifically study the conditions of these routes 1-20 and highways and intermodal facilities and identify the highways 1-21 and intermodal facilities that need further construction, 1-22 expansion, or maintenance. The department shall consider the costs 1-23 necessary to accomplish the improvements. The department may base 1-24 a portion of this study on prior department studies that provide 1-25 substantially accurate data and address a relevant or designated 1-26 issue for study in this Act. 1-27 (b) The department shall, not later than January 1, 2003, 1-28 submit a written report to the governor, lieutenant governor, and 1-29 speaker of the house of representatives detailing the results of 1-30 the study required by this Act, including any recommendations for 1-31 legislative action. 1-32 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-33 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-34 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-35 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-36 Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-37 * * * * *