By: Krusee, Mercer, Gattis (Senate Sponsor - Ogden) H.B. No. 157
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 3, 2003;
April 7, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on
Intergovernmental Relations; April 29, 2003, rereferred to
Committee on Infrastructure Development and Security;
May 14, 2003, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 14, 2003,
sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 157 By: Ogden
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the powers and duties of a regional mobility authority.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 361.003, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsections (m) and (n) to read as follows:
(m) A regional mobility authority has the same powers and
duties that the commission and the department have under Subchapter
E relating to the financing of a turnpike project.
(n) A regional mobility authority may not:
(1) construct, maintain, or operate a transportation
project that another governmental entity has determined to be a
project under Subchapter O, Chapter 451, or Chapter 452 or 453,
unless the other governmental entity enters into a written
agreement with the authority specifying the terms and conditions
under which the project shall be undertaken; or
(2) receive or be paid revenues derived by another
governmental entity operating pursuant to Subchapter O, Chapter
451, or Chapter 452 or 453, unless the other governmental entity
enters into a written agreement with the authority specifying the
terms and conditions under which the revenues shall be received by
or paid to the authority.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
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