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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to revenue enhancement by the Texas Transportation |
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Commission. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 201.109(b), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) In carrying out this section, the commission shall |
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provide for: |
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(1) maximizing the generation of revenue from existing |
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assets of the department, including real estate and rights-of-way; |
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(2) increasing the role of the private sector and |
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public-private projects in the leasing of real estate and other |
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assets in the development of highway projects; |
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(3) setting and attempting to meet annual revenue |
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enhancement goals; |
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(4) reporting on the progress in meeting revenue |
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enhancement goals in the department's annual report; |
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(5) contracting for an independent audit of the |
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department's management and business operations in 2007 and each |
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12th year after 2007; |
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(6) developing a cost-benefit analysis between the use |
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of local materials previously incorporated into roadways versus use |
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of materials blended or transported from other sources; [and] |
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(7) increasing private investment in the |
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transportation infrastructure, including the acquisition of |
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causeways, bridges, tunnels, turnpikes, or other transportation |
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facilities, in the border region, including the counties of |
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Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Brewster, Brooks, Cameron, Crockett, |
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Culberson, Dimmit, Duval, Edwards, El Paso, Frio, Hidalgo, |
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Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kerr, Kimble, |
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Kinney, Kleberg, La Salle, Live Oak, Maverick, McMullen, Medina, |
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Nueces, Pecos, Presidio, Real, Reeves, San Patricio, Starr, Sutton, |
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Terrell, Uvalde, Val Verde, Webb, Willacy, Zapata, and Zavala; and |
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(8) developing a cost-benefit analysis of the |
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potential local and state budget impacts of implementing new |
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highway design concepts, including highway capping and stitching |
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projects, highway capping projects that restore the historic urban |
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street grid and allow for dense walkable development, and projects |
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to convert highways to urban boulevards. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |