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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to authorizing a comprehensive development agreement for |
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the Interstate Highway 635 East project. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 223.201, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsections (f), (i), and (k) and adding Subsection |
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(j-1) to read as follows: |
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(f) The department may enter into a comprehensive |
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development agreement only for all or part of: |
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(1) the State Highway 99 (Grand Parkway) project; |
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(2) the Interstate Highway 35E managed lanes project |
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in Dallas and Denton Counties from Interstate Highway 635 to U.S. |
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Highway 380; |
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(3) the Interstate Highway 35W project in Tarrant |
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County from Interstate Highway 30 to State Highway 114; |
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(4) the State Highway 183 managed lanes project in |
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Tarrant and Dallas Counties from State Highway 121 to Interstate |
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Highway 35E; |
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(5) the Interstate Highway 35E/U.S. Highway 67 |
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Southern Gateway project in Dallas County, including: |
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(A) Interstate Highway 35E from 8th Street to |
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Interstate Highway 20; and |
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(B) U.S. Highway 67 from Interstate Highway 35E |
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to Farm-to-Market Road 1382 (Belt Line Road); |
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(6) the State Highway 288 project from U.S. Highway 59 |
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to south of State Highway 6 in Brazoria County and Harris County; |
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(7) the U.S. Highway 290 managed lanes project in |
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Harris County from Interstate Highway 610 to State Highway 99; |
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(8) the Interstate Highway 820 project from State |
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Highway 183 to Randol Mill Road; |
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(9) the State Highway 114 project in Dallas County |
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from State Highway 121 to State Highway 183; |
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(10) the Loop 12 project in Dallas County from State |
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Highway 183 to Interstate Highway 35E; |
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(11) the Loop 9 project in Dallas and Ellis Counties |
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from Interstate Highway 20 to U.S. Highway 67; [and] |
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(12) the U.S. Highway 181 Harbor Bridge project in |
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Nueces County between U.S. Highway 181 at Beach Avenue and |
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Interstate Highway 37; and |
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(13) the Interstate Highway 635 East project from U.S. |
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Highway 75 to Royal Lane/Miller Road. |
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(i) The authority to enter into a comprehensive development |
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agreement expires: |
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(1) August 31, 2017, for a project described by |
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Subsection (f), other than the State Highway 99 (Grand Parkway) |
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project and the Interstate Highway 635 East project [State Highway
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183 managed lanes project]; and |
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(2) August 31, 2021, for the Interstate Highway 635 |
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East project [2015, for the State Highway 183 managed lanes
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project]. |
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(j-1) For the Interstate Highway 635 East project, the |
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environmental clearance and financial plan required by Subsection |
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(j) must be submitted not later than August 31, 2019. |
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(k) Not later than December 1, 2018 [2014], the department |
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shall provide a report to the commission on the status of the |
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Interstate Highway 635 project [a project described by Subsection
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(f)]. 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; 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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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |