Bill Amendment: TX HB1 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature

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Bill Title: General Appropriations Bill.

Status: 2023-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB1 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB1-House_Amendment_H_2_278-Martinez.html

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Amend CSHB 1 (house committee report) in Article VII of the bill, following the appropriations to the Department of Transportation, by amending Rider 14, Reporting Requirements (VII-22), to add the following appropriately lettered paragraph:

____.  South Padre Island Second Access Causeway.  Using funds appropriated above to the Department of Transportation, not later than September 1, 2024, the department shall prepare and submit to the legislature a report on the status of a proposed second access causeway to South Padre Island. The report must:

(1)  detail each phase of the proposed project through the completion of construction and include an estimated timeline for completing each phase; and

(2)  identify funding strategies for each phase of the proposed project.