Bill Text: TX HB1031 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 1031 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to prohibiting the temporary closure of segments of the state highway system on days that certain scheduled events are being held.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-27 - Left pending in committee [HB1031 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB1031-Introduced.html

	85R1637 JRR-D

	By: Capriglione	H.B. No. 1031



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to prohibiting the temporary closure of segments of the
	state highway system on days that certain scheduled events are
	being held.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 223, Transportation Code,
	is amended by adding Section 223.051 to read as follows:
	Sec. 223.051. NOTIFICATION BY MUNICIPALITY OF SCHEDULED
	EVENT. A contract for an improvement to a segment of the state
	highway system must prohibit a contractor from temporarily closing
	the highway, including temporarily relocating or changing an
	entrance or exit ramp to or from the highway, on the date that an
	event is scheduled to be held in a municipality in which the
	improvement is being proposed if, not later than 180 days before the
	date the event is scheduled to be held, the municipality notifies
	the department and the contractor of the date.
	SECTION 2. Section 223.051, Transportation Code, as added
	by this Act, applies only to a contract entered into on or after the
	effective date of this Act. A contract entered into before the
	effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
	date the contract was entered into, and the former law is continued
	in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.