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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 for |
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projects in Cameron, Hidalgo, and Jim Hogg Counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. 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. ADDITIONAL COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT |
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AGREEMENTS IN CAMERON, HIDALGO, AND JIM HOGG COUNTIES. (a) |
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Notwithstanding Section 223.201, the department may enter into a |
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comprehensive development agreement for a project listed under |
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Section 370.3051. |
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(b) This section expires August 31, 2023. |
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SECTION 2. 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 IN CAMERON, HIDALGO, AND JIM HOGG COUNTIES; |
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EXPIRATION. (a) A regional mobility authority may enter into a |
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comprehensive development agreement for: |
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(1) the South Padre Island Second Access Causeway |
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project from State Highway 100 to Park Road 100; |
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(2) the Hidalgo County Loop system; |
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(3) the International Bridge Trade Corridor project in |
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Hidalgo County; |
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(4) 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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(5) the Farm-to-Market 1925 project in Cameron and |
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Hidalgo Counties; |
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(6) the Madero International Bridge project, |
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including the associated rail project, located in Hidalgo and Jim |
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Hogg Counties; and |
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(7) the State Highway 68 project in Hidalgo County. |
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(b) This section expires August 31, 2023. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2021. |