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Amend CSHB 300 (house committee printing) by adding the
following appropriately numbered SECTION to Article 1 of the bill
and renumbering the remaining SECTIONS of that article accordingly:
SECTION 1.____. Subchapter A, Chapter 222, Transportation
Code, is amended by adding Section 222.004 to read as follows:
Sec. 222.004. AUTHORIZATION TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO
EXPEDITE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW. (a) The department, a county, a
regional tollway authority operating under Chapter 366, or a
regional mobility authority operating under Chapter 370 may enter
into an agreement to provide funds to a state or federal agency to
expedite the agency's performance of its duties related to the
environmental review process for transportation projects:
(1) of the department;
(2) listed in a metropolitan planning organization's
long-range transportation plan under 23 U.S.C. Section 134; or
(3) of a county, a regional tollway authority
operating under Chapter 366, or a regional mobility authority
operating under Chapter 370.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an agreement
entered into under this section:
(1) may specify transportation projects the
applicable entity considers to be priorities for review; and
(2) must require the agency receiving money to
complete the environmental review in less time than is customary
for the completion of environmental review by that agency.
(c) The department may enter into a separate agreement for a
transportation project that the department determines has regional
importance.
(d) An agreement entered into under this section does not
diminish or modify the rights of the public regarding review and
comment on transportation projects.
(e) An entity entering into an agreement under this section
shall make the agreement available on the entity's Internet
website.