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.