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By: Miller, O'Day Senate Sponsor-Hegar |
H.B. No. 3275 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2007; |
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May 8, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Transportation and Homeland Security; May 19, 2007, reported |
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adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following |
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vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 19, 2007, sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3275 |
By: Watson |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a study regarding the distribution of funds for highway |
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projects. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. (a) The Texas Transportation Commission shall |
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conduct a study of the feasibility of prioritizing the distribution |
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of funds to highway projects that enhance federally designated |
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emergency evacuation routes. The study must determine the sources |
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of funds available for those projects. |
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(b) Not later than January 15, 2009, the Texas |
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Transportation Commission shall submit to the legislature a written |
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report containing the findings of the study and the commission's |
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recommendations. |
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(c) This section expires September 1, 2009. |
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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. |
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