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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of certain entities to enter into a |
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comprehensive development agreement. |
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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) for a project other than the State Highway 99 |
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(Grand Parkway) project, obtain, not later than August 31, 2017, |
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the appropriate environmental clearance: |
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(A) for the project; or |
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(B) for the initial or base scope of the project |
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if the project agreement provides for the phased construction of |
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the 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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and |
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(3) obtain from the county commissioners court of each |
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county containing a portion of a project that is the subject of the |
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comprehensive development agreement an order approving the |
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project. |
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SECTION 2. Section 366.401, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(e) An authority may not enter into a comprehensive |
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development agreement under this subchapter until the authority |
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obtains from the county commissioners court of each county |
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containing a portion of a turnpike project that is the subject of |
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the comprehensive development agreement an order approving the |
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project. |
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SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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a comprehensive development agreement entered into on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. A comprehensive development agreement |
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entered into before the effective date of this Act is governed by |
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the law in effect when the agreement was entered into, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |