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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain comprehensive development agreements of the |
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Texas Department of Transportation or a regional mobility |
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authority. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 223.2011, Transportation Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsections (a), (b), (c), and (f) and adding |
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Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a) Notwithstanding Sections 223.201(f) and 370.305(c), the |
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department or an authority under Section 370.003 may enter into a |
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comprehensive development agreement relating to improvements to, |
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or construction of, all or part of: |
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(1) the Loop 1 (MoPac Improvement) project from |
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Farm-to-Market Road 734 to Cesar Chavez Street; |
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(2) the U.S. 183 (Bergstrom Expressway) project from |
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Springdale Road to Patton Avenue; |
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(3) [a project consisting of the construction of:
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[(A)] the Outer Parkway Project in Cameron County |
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from U.S. Highway 77 to Farm-to-Market Road 1847; [and] |
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(4) [(B)] the South Padre Island Second Access |
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Causeway Project from State Highway 100 to Park Road 100; |
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(5) [(4)] the Loop 49 project from Interstate 20 to |
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U.S. Highway 69 (Lindale Relief Route) and from State Highway 110 to |
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U.S. Highway 259 (Segments 6 and 7); |
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(6) [(5)] the Loop 375 Border Highway West project in |
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El Paso County from Race Track Drive to U.S. Highway 54; |
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(7) [(6)] the Northeast Parkway project in El Paso |
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County from Loop 375 east of the Railroad Drive overpass to the |
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Texas-New Mexico border; |
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(8) [(7)] the Loop 1604 project in Bexar County; |
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(9) [(8)] the Hidalgo County Loop project; [and] |
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(10) [(9)] the International Bridge Trade Corridor |
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project; and |
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(11) the Farm-to-Market 1925 project from U.S. Highway |
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281 in Hidalgo County to U.S. Highway 77 in Cameron County. |
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(a-1) The department or an authority under Section 370.003 |
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may combine the projects described by Subsections (a)(3) and (4) |
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into one comprehensive development agreement. |
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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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(c) Not later than December 1, 2018 [2014], the department |
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or the authority, as applicable, shall provide a report to the |
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commission on the status of a project described by Subsection |
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(a). 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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(f) The authority to enter into a comprehensive development |
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agreement under this section expires August 31, 2023 [2017]. |
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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 August 28, 2017. |