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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to Texas Department of Transportation and regional |
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mobility authority comprehensive development agreements. |
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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 adding Subsection (f-1) and amending Subsections (g) and (j) to |
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read as follows: |
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(f-1) This subsection expires August 31, 2019. |
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Notwithstanding Subsection (f), the department may enter into a |
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comprehensive development agreement for: |
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(1) the Interstate Highway 35 project in Travis County |
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from Farm-to-Market Road 1431 to State Highway 45 Southeast; |
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(2) the Interstate Highway 45 North project in Harris |
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County from Beltway 8 to Interstate Highway 10; |
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(3) the Hempstead Managed Tollway project in Harris |
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County from State Highway 99 to the Interstate Highway |
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610/Interstate Highway 10 interchange; |
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(4) the Interstate Highway 30 project in Tarrant |
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County from Interstate Highway 35W to east of Fielder Road; |
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(5) the Interstate Highway 635 East project in Dallas |
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County from U.S. Highway 75 to Interstate Highway 30; |
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(6) the Interstate Highway 35E project in Dallas and |
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Denton Counties from Interstate Highway 635 to U.S. Highway 380; |
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and |
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(7) the Interstate Highway 35 project in Bexar, |
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Guadalupe, and Comal Counties from AT&T Center Parkway to |
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Farm-to-Market Road 1103. |
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(g) The department may combine in a comprehensive |
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development agreement under this subchapter: |
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(1) a toll project and a rail facility as defined by |
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Section 91.001; or |
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(2) two or more projects described by this section |
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[Subsection (f)]. |
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(j) Before the department may enter into a comprehensive |
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development agreement under this section [Subsection (f)], the |
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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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SECTION 2. Section 223.2011, Transportation Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (a-1) and amending Subsections (b) and |
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(f) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) This subsection expires August 31, 2019. |
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Notwithstanding Sections 223.201(f) and 370.305(c), the department |
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or a regional mobility authority may enter into a comprehensive |
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development agreement for: |
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(1) the Loop 1604 project in Bexar County from |
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Interstate Highway 35 to State Highway 16; |
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(2) 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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(3) the South Padre Island Second Access Causeway |
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project from State Highway 100 to Park Road 100; |
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(4) the Hidalgo County Loop project; |
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(5) the International Bridge Trade Corridor project; |
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(6) the Farm-to-Market 1925 project in Cameron and |
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Hidalgo Counties; |
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(7) the U.S. Highway 83 La Joya Relief Route project in |
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Hidalgo County; and |
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(8) the State Highway 68 project in Hidalgo County. |
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(b) Before the department or an authority may enter into a |
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comprehensive development agreement under this section, the |
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department or the authority, as applicable, must: |
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(1) obtain 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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[meet the requirements under Section 223.201(j)]. |
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(f) The authority to enter into a comprehensive development |
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agreement under Subsection (a) [this section] expires August 31, |
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2017. |
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SECTION 3. 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. |