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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the payment of an examination fee to the attorney |
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general for the legal sufficiency review of a comprehensive |
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development agreement. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 371.051, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 371.051. ATTORNEY GENERAL REVIEW AND EXAMINATION FEE. |
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(a) A toll project entity may not enter into a comprehensive |
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development agreement unless the attorney general reviews the |
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proposed agreement and determines that it is legally sufficient. |
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(b) A toll project entity shall pay a nonrefundable |
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examination fee to the attorney general on submitting a proposed |
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comprehensive development agreement for review. |
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(c) If the toll project entity submits multiple proposed |
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comprehensive development agreements relating to the same toll |
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project for review, the entity shall pay the examination fee under |
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Subsection (b) for each proposed comprehensive development |
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agreement. |
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(d) The toll project entity may collect or seek |
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reimbursement of the examination fee under Subsection (b) from the |
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private participant under the proposed comprehensive development |
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agreement. |
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(e) The attorney general shall set the amount of the |
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examination fee required under Subsection (b) and may adopt rules |
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necessary to implement this section. |
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SECTION 2. The examination fee prescribed by Section |
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371.051, Transportation Code, as amended by this Act, applies only |
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to a comprehensive development agreement submitted to the office of |
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the attorney general on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2011. |