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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a study by the Texas Department of Transportation of the |
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feasibility of certain improvements to Interstate Highway 27. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. (a) In this Act: |
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(1) "Improvement" has the meaning assigned by Section |
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221.001, Transportation Code. |
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(2) "Port of entry" has the meaning assigned by |
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Section 621.001, Transportation Code. |
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(b) The Texas Department of Transportation shall conduct a |
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comprehensive study of the feasibility of and the costs and |
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logistical matters associated with improvements that: |
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(1) extend Interstate Highway 27: |
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(A) from its northern terminus to Dumas; |
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(B) from Dumas to Stratford; and |
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(C) from Stratford to the Oklahoma state border; |
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(2) extend Interstate Highway 27: |
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(A) from its northern terminus to Dumas; |
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(B) from Dumas to Dalhart; and |
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(C) from Dalhart to the New Mexico state border; |
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and |
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(3) extend Interstate Highway 27: |
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(A) from its southern terminus to Interstate |
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Highway 20; |
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(B) from Interstate Highway 20 to Interstate |
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Highway 10; and |
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(C) from Interstate Highway 10 to the port of |
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entry located in Laredo. |
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(c) Not later than January 1, 2021, the Texas Department of |
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Transportation shall submit a report on the results of the study to |
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the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of |
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representatives, and the presiding officer of each standing |
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committee of the legislature with jurisdiction over transportation |
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matters. |
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(d) This Act 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, 2019. |