Bill Text: TX HB2172 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the use of state money for high-speed rail operated by a private entity.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-04 - Left pending in committee [HB2172 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2172-Introduced.html
85R3629 JXC-D | ||
By: Ashby | H.B. No. 2172 |
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relating to the use of state money for high-speed rail operated by a | ||
private entity. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 199, Transportation Code, is amended by | ||
adding Section 199.003 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 199.003. USE OF STATE MONEY FOR HIGH-SPEED RAIL. (a) | ||
For the purposes of this section, "high-speed rail" means intercity | ||
passenger rail service that is reasonably expected to reach speeds | ||
of at least 110 miles per hour. | ||
(b) Except as required by other law, including the National | ||
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. Section 4321 et seq.): | ||
(1) the legislature may not appropriate money to pay | ||
for a cost of planning, facility construction or maintenance, or | ||
security for, or operation of, high-speed rail operated by a | ||
private entity; and | ||
(2) a state agency may not accept or use state money to | ||
pay for a cost described by Subdivision (1). | ||
(c) A state agency shall prepare a quarterly report of each | ||
expense described by this section and submit a copy of each report | ||
to: | ||
(1) the commission; | ||
(2) the committee in each house of the legislature | ||
with primary jurisdiction over transportation; | ||
(3) the lieutenant governor; and | ||
(4) the governor. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |