83R11245 JTS-F
 
  By: Harper-Brown H.B. No. 3649
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to approval required for modifications to certain toll
  projects and related contracts.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 228.013, Transportation Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  After a committee makes a final determination regarding
  the issues under Subsection (b), the department may not
  substantially modify the scope of the project or the terms or
  schedule of any contract relating to the project without committee
  approval of the proposed modification.
         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 not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2013.