By: Williams S.B. No. 1719
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to certain comprehensive development agreements of the
  Texas Department of Transportation.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 223, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 223.2012 to read as follows:
         Sec. 223.2012.  NO EFFECT ON DEPARTMENT OBLIGATIONS.  Any
  authority for the Texas Department of Transportation to enter into
  a comprehensive development agreement relating to improvements to
  Grand Parkway (State Highway 99) does not affect the obligation of
  the department to comply with the applicable requirements of an
  agreement entered into under Section 228.0111, in connection with
  the Grand Parkway project, including complying with the terms and
  conditions for the development, construction, and operation of the
  Grand Parkway that are prescribed in such an agreement.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act
  takes effect September 1, 2011.