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