By: Carona  S.B. No. 404
         (In the Senate - Filed January 6, 2009; February 17, 2009,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and
  Homeland Security; March 30, 2009, reported adversely, with
  favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays
  1; March 30, 2009, sent to printer.)
 
  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 404 By:  Carona
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the authority of certain toll project entities to enter
  into a comprehensive development agreement.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subsections (f) and (i), Section 223.201,
  Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (f)  Except as provided by Subsections (h) and (i), the
  authority to enter into comprehensive development agreements
  provided by this section expires on August 31, 2015 [2009].
         (i)  The authority to enter into a comprehensive development
  agreement for a project exempted from Subsection (f) or Section
  223.210(b) expires August 31, 2017 [2011].
         SECTION 2.  Subsections (d) and (f), Section 370.305,
  Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (d)  Except as provided by Subsections (e) and (f), the
  authority to enter into comprehensive development agreements under
  this section expires on August 31, 2015 [2009].
         (f)  The authority to enter into a comprehensive development
  agreement for a project exempted from Subsection (d) or Section
  223.210(b) expires August 31, 2017 [2011].
         SECTION 3.  Except as provided by Section 4 of this Act, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect only if Senate Bill No. 17
  or another similar bill of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session,
  2009, relating to the design, development, financing,
  construction, and operation of certain toll projects including the
  determination of the primacy process for local toll entities
  becomes law.  If Senate Bill No. 17 or another similar bill of the
  81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, relating to the design,
  development, financing, construction, and operation of certain
  toll projects including the determination of the primacy process
  for local toll entities does not become law, this Act has no effect.
 
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