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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the purposes and designation of transportation |
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reinvestment zones. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 222, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 222.108 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 222.108. TRANSPORTATION REINVESTMENT ZONES FOR OTHER |
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TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. (a) Notwithstanding the requirement in |
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Sections 222.106(b) and 222.107(b) that a transportation |
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reinvestment zone be established in connection with a project under |
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Section 222.104, a municipality or county may establish a |
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transportation reinvestment zone to provide commuter rail services |
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in counties adjacent to the Texas-Mexico border and from the Rio |
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Grande Valley to San Antonio. If all or part of the transportation |
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project is subject to oversight by the department, at the option of |
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the governing body of the municipality or county, the department |
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shall delegate full responsibility for the development, design, |
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letting of bids, and construction of the project, including project |
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oversight and inspection, to the municipality or county provided |
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that the commission or department may take any action that in its |
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reasonable judgment is necessary to comply with any federal |
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requirement to enable this state to receive federal-aid highway |
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funds. |
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(b) In this section, "transportation project" has the |
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meaning assigned by Section 370.003. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |