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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the duties of the transportation commission. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 201.103, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) The director [commission], under the direction and the |
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approval of the commission shall [plan and make policies for the
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location, construction, and maintenance of a comprehensive system
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of state highways and public roads] submit to the legislature for |
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approval, by February 1st of each odd year, its recommendations for |
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a two year comprehensive strategic highway system plan. |
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(b) The plan required by Subsection (a) shall include: |
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(1) the location, construction, and maintenance of |
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state highways and public; and |
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(2) recommendations submitted by metropolitan |
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planning organization as defined by Section 472.031. |
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[(b)] (c) The commission shall designate as part of the |
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state highway system a highway that it determines is necessary for |
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the proper development and operation of the system. The commission |
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may remove a segment of the state highway system that it determines |
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is not needed for the system. In planning and making policies, the |
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commission shall consider, for incorporation into the state highway |
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system, turnpikes that other governmental or private entities are |
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authorized to construct. |
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[(c)] (d) The commission biennially shall submit a report of |
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its work to the governor and the legislature. [The report must
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include the recommendations of the commission and of the director.
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[(d)
The director, under the direction and with the approval
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of the commission, shall prepare a comprehensive plan providing a
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system of state highways.] |
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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, 2009. |