78S20027 JRJ-F


By:  Swinford                                                     H.B. No. 18 



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to certain agreements of the Texas Department of 
Transportation.   
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 201, Transportation Code, 
is amended by adding Section 201.1055 to read as follows:
	Sec. 201.1055.  AGREEMENTS WITH PRIVATE ENTITIES.  
Notwithstanding any other law, including Subchapter A, Chapter 
2254, Government Code, Chapters 2165, 2166, and 2167, Government 
Code, and Sections 202.052, 202.053, 203.051, 203.052, and 223.001 
of this code, the department and a private entity that offers the 
best value to the state may enter into an agreement that includes:
		(1)  both design and construction of a district office 
headquarters facility located in a county with a population of 3.3 
million or more;
		(2)  a lease of department-owned real property in a 
district that includes a county with a population of 3.3 million or 
more to the private entity;
		(3)  a provision authorizing the private entity to 
construct and retain ownership of a building on property leased to 
the entity under Subdivision (2); and
		(4)  a provision under which the department agrees to 
enter into an agreement to lease with an option or options to 
purchase a building constructed on property leased to the entity 
under Subdivision (2).
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect December 1, 2003.