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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Transportation |
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to enter into comprehensive development agreements for certain |
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projects. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 223.201(f) and (i), Transportation |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(f) The department may [Except as provided by Subsections
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(h) and (i), the authority to] enter into a comprehensive |
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development agreement only for all or part of: |
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(1) the State Highway 99 (Grand Parkway) project; |
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(2) the Grayson County Tollway project, an extension |
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of the Dallas North Tollway in Grayson County from Farm-to-Market |
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Road 121 to U.S. Highway 75 near Denison; |
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(3) the Interstate Highway 35E managed lanes project |
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in Dallas and Denton Counties from Interstate Highway 635 to U.S. |
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Highway 380; |
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(4) the North Tarrant Express project in Tarrant and |
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Dallas Counties, including: |
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(A) Interstate Highway 820 and State Highway |
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121/State Highway 183 from Interstate Highway 35W to State Highway |
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161; |
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(B) Interstate Highway 820 east from State |
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Highway 121/State Highway 183 to Randol Mill Road; and |
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(C) Interstate Highway 35W from Interstate |
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Highway 30 to State Highway 170; |
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(5) the State Highway 183 managed lanes project in |
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Dallas County from State Highway 161 to Interstate Highway 35E; |
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(6) the State Highway 288 project in Harris and |
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Brazoria Counties from U.S. Highway 59 to State Highway 99; |
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(7) the State Highway 249 project in Harris and |
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Montgomery Counties from Spring Cypress Road to Farm-to-Market Road |
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1774; |
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(8) the U.S. Highway 290 Hempstead managed lanes |
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project in Harris County from Interstate Highway 610 to State |
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Highway 99; and |
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(9) the Interstate Highway 10 managed lanes project in |
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Harris and Fort Bend Counties from State Highway 6 to |
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Farm-to-Market Road 1463 [agreements provided by this section
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expires on August 31, 2009]. |
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(i) The authority to enter into a comprehensive development |
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agreement for a project described by Subsections (f)(2), (3), (4), |
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(5), (6), (7), (8), and (9) [exempted from Subsection (f) or Section
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223.210(b)] expires August 31, 2015 [2011]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 223.201(h), Transportation Code, is |
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repealed. |
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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. |