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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to major thoroughfare plans adopted by certain |
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metropolitan planning organizations. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 472, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 472.037 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 472.037. MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN. (a) This section |
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applies only to a metropolitan planning organization responsible |
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for transportation planning for a county that: |
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(1) is located on an international border; and |
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(2) has a population of at least 700,000 and not more |
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than 800,000. |
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(b) Notwithstanding any other law and to the extent allowed |
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by federal law, the policy board of a metropolitan planning |
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organization to which this section applies shall include in any |
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major thoroughfare plan adopted by the policy board a portion of a |
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roadway that: |
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(1) connects two major arterial thoroughfares that |
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lead into a municipality that is located on an international |
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border; |
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(2) consists of approximately one mile of two-lane |
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roadway extending east and west between two state highways, the |
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east segment of which consists of approximately 3,200 feet of |
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concrete pavement with partial curb and the west segment of which |
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consists of approximately 2,100 feet of hot mix pavement with no |
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curb; and |
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(3) is classified as a minor collector connecting two |
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principal arterial thoroughfares and considered on-system. |
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SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, a metropolitan planning organization subject to |
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Section 472.037, Transportation Code, as added by this Act, shall |
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adopt a major thoroughfare plan in accordance with that section. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |