Bill Text: TX HB2571 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the purposes and designation of transportation reinvestment zones.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-13 - No action taken in committee [HB2571 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2571-Introduced.html
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| By: Martinez | H.B. No. 2571 | |
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| relating to the purposes and designation of transportation | ||
| reinvestment zones. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 222, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 222.108 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 222.108. TRANSPORTATION REINVESTMENT ZONES FOR OTHER | ||
| TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. (a) Notwithstanding the requirement in | ||
| Sections 222.106(b) and 222.107(b) that a transportation | ||
| reinvestment zone be established in connection with a project under | ||
| Section 222.104, a municipality or county may establish a | ||
| transportation reinvestment zone to provide commuter rail services | ||
| in counties adjacent to the Texas-Mexico border and from the Rio | ||
| Grande Valley to San Antonio. If all or part of the transportation | ||
| project is subject to oversight by the department, at the option of | ||
| the governing body of the municipality or county, the department | ||
| shall delegate full responsibility for the development, design, | ||
| letting of bids, and construction of the project, including project | ||
| oversight and inspection, to the municipality or county provided | ||
| that the commission or department may take any action that in its | ||
| reasonable judgment is necessary to comply with any federal | ||
| requirement to enable this state to receive federal-aid highway | ||
| funds. | ||
| (b) In this section, "transportation project" has the | ||
| meaning assigned by Section 370.003. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
