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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain comprehensive development agreements of the |
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Texas Department of Transportation or a regional mobility |
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authority. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 223.201(j), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(j) Before the department may enter into a comprehensive |
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development agreement under Subsection (f), the department must: |
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(1) obtain, not later than August 31, 2015 [2013], the |
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appropriate environmental clearance for any project other than the |
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State Highway 99 (Grand Parkway) project; and |
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(2) present to the commission a full financial plan |
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for the project, including costing methodology and cost proposals. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 223.2011(a), (c), and (f), |
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Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Notwithstanding Sections 223.201(f) and 370.305(c), the |
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department or an authority under Section 370.003 may enter into a |
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comprehensive development agreement relating to improvements to, |
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or construction of: |
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(1) the Loop 1 (MoPac Improvement) project from |
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Farm-to-Market Road 734 to Cesar Chavez Street; |
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(2) the U.S. 183 (Bergstrom Expressway) project from |
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Springdale Road to Patton Avenue; or |
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(3) one or more projects [a project] consisting of the |
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construction of: |
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(A) the Outer Parkway Project from U.S. Highway |
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77/83 to Farm-to-Market Road 1847; and |
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(B) the South Padre Island Second Access Causeway |
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Project from State Highway 100 to Park Road 100. |
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(c) Not later than December 1, 2014 [2012], the department |
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or the authority, as applicable, shall present a report to the |
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commission on the status of a project described by Subsection |
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(a). The report must include: |
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(1) the status of the project's environmental |
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clearance; |
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(2) an explanation of any project delays that were not |
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explained in a previous report made to the commission under this |
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section; and |
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(3) if the procurement is not completed, the |
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anticipated date for the completion of the procurement. |
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(f) The authority to enter into a comprehensive development |
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agreement under this section expires August 31, 2017 [2015]. |
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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, 2013. |