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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(b), Transportation Code, is |
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transferred to Subchapter E, Chapter 223, Transportation Code, |
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redesignated as Section 223.2001, Transportation Code, and amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 223.2001. DEFINITION. [(b)] In this subchapter, |
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"comprehensive development agreement" means an agreement that, at a |
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minimum, provides for the design and construction, reconstruction, |
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rehabilitation, expansion, or improvement of a project described in |
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Section 223.201(a) [Subsection (a)] and may also provide for the |
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financing, acquisition, maintenance, or operation of a project |
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described in that section [Subsection (a)]. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 223, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 223.2002 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 223.2002. LIMITATION. The department may enter into a |
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comprehensive development agreement only: |
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(1) for specific projects authorized under this |
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subchapter; or |
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(2) as provided by Subchapter F. |
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SECTION 3. Sections 223.201(f) and (g), Transportation |
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Code, are amended 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
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59 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]. |
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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 for which the department is |
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authorized under this subchapter to enter into a comprehensive |
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development agreement [described by Subsection (f)]. |
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SECTION 4. Section 223.2012(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) In this section, the North Tarrant Express project is |
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the project on Interstate Highway 35W in Tarrant County from |
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Interstate Highway 30 to State Highway 114 that was [described by
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Section 223.201(f)(3)] entered into on June 23, 2009. |
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SECTION 5. 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. AUTHORIZED PROJECTS. (a) The department |
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may enter into a comprehensive development agreement for: |
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(1) the Interstate Highway 35 project in Travis and |
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Williamson Counties from Ranch-to-Market Road 1431 to State Highway |
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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) a project listed under Section 370.3051. |
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(b) This section expires August 31, 2029. |
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SECTION 6. Section 370.305(c), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) An authority may enter into a comprehensive development |
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agreement only: |
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(1) for specific projects authorized under this |
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subchapter; or |
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(2) as provided by Subchapter K [Except as provided by
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this chapter, an authority's authority to enter into a
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comprehensive development agreement expires on August 31, 2011]. |
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SECTION 7. Subchapter G, Chapter 370, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 370.3051 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 370.3051. AUTHORIZED PROJECTS FOR COMPREHENSIVE |
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DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS. (a) A regional mobility authority may |
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enter into a comprehensive development agreement for: |
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(1) the Interstate Highway 35 Northeast Expansion |
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project, from Loop 410 South in Bexar County to Farm-to-Market Road |
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1103 in Comal County; |
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(2) the Loop 1604 project in Bexar County; |
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(3) 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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(4) the South Padre Island Second Access Causeway |
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project in Cameron County from State Highway 100 to Park Road 100; |
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(5) 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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(6) the Hidalgo County Loop project; |
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(7) the International Bridge Trade Corridor project in |
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Hidalgo County; |
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(8) the U.S. Highway 83 La Joya Relief Route project in |
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Hidalgo County; |
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(9) the State Highway 68 project in Hidalgo County; |
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(10) the U.S. Highway 290 West project in Travis |
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County from Loop 1 to Ranch-to-Market Road 1826 (Oak Hill Parkway); |
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(11) the Loop 1 South project in Travis County from |
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Cesar Chavez Street to Slaughter Lane; and |
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(12) the Loop 49 project: |
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(A) in Smith County from Interstate Highway 20 to |
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U.S. Highway 69 (Lindale Relief Route); and |
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(B) from State Highway 110 in Smith County to |
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U.S. Highway 259 in Gregg County (Segments 6 and 7). |
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(b) This section expires August 31, 2029. |
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SECTION 8. The following provisions of the Transportation |
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Code are repealed: |
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(1) Sections 223.201(i), (j), (k), (l), and (m); and |
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(2) Section 223.2011. |
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SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |