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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the intersection of certain roads with the Trans-Texas |
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Corridor. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 227.032(b), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The department shall [make every reasonable effort to] |
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connect a segment of a state highway that is designated as part of |
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the Trans-Texas Corridor with significant farm-to-market and |
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ranch-to-market roads and major county and city arterials that |
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intersect with the highway [included in the locally adopted
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long-range transportation plan as determined by the department,
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taking into consideration:
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[(1)financial feasibility;
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[(2)advice solicited from:
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[(A)county commissioners courts;
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[(B)governing bodies of municipalities; and
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[(C)metropolitan planning organizations;
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[(3)circuity of travel for landowners;
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[(4)access for emergency vehicles; and
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[(5)traffic volume]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |