BILL ANALYSIS

Senate Research Center	H.B. 2775
89R14412 RDR-F	By: Landgraf (Sparks)
	Transportation
	5/8/2025
	Engrossed

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

In 2021, the 87th Legislature passed S.B. 1474, establishing the I-27 Advisory Committee to provide the Texas Department of Transportation with information on local interests and concerns on the Ports-to-Plains Corridor. Currently, there are representatives from 10 counties and seven municipalities along the corridor sitting on the committee. However, Ector County and the City of Odessa were not originally included, despite the fact that the I-27 project directly impacts both Ector County and the City of Odessa. The bill author has informed the committee that local officials from both the county and city have expressed interest in having a seat on the committee. H.B. 2775 seeks to address this issue by adding representatives from both Ector County and the City of Odessa to the committee's membership.

H.B. 2775 amends the Transportation Code to increase the membership of the I-27 Advisory Committee from 23 to 25 by adding one member who is the county judge of Ector County or an elected official or the administrator of the county road department designated by the county judge of Ector county and one member who is the mayor of Odessa or the city manager or an assistant city manager designated by the mayor of Odessa.

H.B. 2775 amends current law relating to the composition of the I-27 Advisory Committee.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 201.623(c), Transportation Code, as follows:

(c) Provides that the I-27 advisory committee is composed of:

(1) 11, rather than 10, members, one of whom represents each of certain counties, including Ector County, and is the county judge of the county or an elected county official or the administrator of the county road department designated by the county judge of the county;

(2) eight, rather than seven, members, one of whom represents each of certain municipalities, including the City of Odessa, and is the mayor of the municipality or the city manager or an assistant city manager designated by the mayor of the municipality; and

(3)-6) makes no changes to these subdivisions.

Makes nonsubstantive changes to this subsection.

SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 2025.