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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of comprehensive development agreements for |
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certain highway projects in Cameron and Hidalgo Counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 223, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 223.2014 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 223.2014. ADDITIONAL DEPARTMENT AND REGIONAL MOBILITY |
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AUTHORITY COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS IN CAMERON AND |
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HIDALGO COUNTIES. (a) The department or an authority under Section |
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370.003 may enter into a comprehensive development agreement |
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relating to improvements to, or construction of, all or part of: |
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(1) the Outer Parkway project in Cameron County from |
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U.S. Highway 77 to Farm-to-Market Road 1847; |
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(2) the South Padre Island Second Access Causeway |
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project from State Highway 100 to Park Road 100; |
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(3) the Hidalgo County Loop project; |
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(4) the International Bridge Trade Corridor project; |
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(5) the Farm-to-Market 1925 project in Cameron and |
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Hidalgo Counties; |
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(6) the U.S. Highway 83 La Joya Relief Route project in |
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Hidalgo County; and |
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(7) the State Highway 68 project in Hidalgo County. |
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(b) This section expires August 31, 2021. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2017. |