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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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