84R21243 JRR-D
 
  By: Capriglione H.B. No. 2736
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2736:
 
  By:  Simmons C.S.H.B. No. 2736
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to prohibiting the temporary closure of segments of the
  state highway system on days that certain scheduled events are
  being held.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 223, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 223.051 to read as follows:
         Sec. 223.051.  NOTIFICATION BY MUNICIPALITY OF SCHEDULED
  EVENT. A contract for an improvement to a segment of the state
  highway system must prohibit a contractor from temporarily closing
  the highway, including temporarily relocating or changing an
  entrance or exit ramp to or from the highway, on the date that an
  event is scheduled to be held in a municipality in which the
  improvement is being proposed if, not later than 180 days before the
  date that the event is scheduled to be held, the municipality
  notifies the department and the contractor of the date.
         SECTION 2.  Section 223.051, Transportation Code, as added
  by this Act, applies only to a contract entered into on or after the
  effective date of this Act. A contract entered into before the
  effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
  date the contract was entered into, and the former law is continued
  in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.