Bill Text: TX HB2605 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to restrictions on certain state agency actions relating to high-speed rail projects.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-16 - Left pending in subcommittee [HB2605 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2605-Introduced.html
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| By: Toth | H.B. No. 2605 | |
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| relating to restrictions on certain state agency actions relating | ||
| to high-speed rail projects. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 112, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 112.004 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 112.004. RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN STATE AGENCY ACTIONS | ||
| RELATING TO HIGH-SPEED RAIL PROJECTS. (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "High-speed rail" has the meaning assigned by | ||
| Section 112.201. | ||
| (2) "State agency" means a board, commission, council, | ||
| committee, department, office, agency, or other governmental | ||
| entity in the executive branch of state government. The term does | ||
| not include an institution of higher education as defined by | ||
| Section 61.003, Education Code. | ||
| (b) Unless a state agency determines that a private entity | ||
| has obtained all necessary federal approvals and permits for the | ||
| construction of a high-speed rail project, the state agency may | ||
| not: | ||
| (1) issue any permit required for the project; or | ||
| (2) negotiate or enter into an agreement with the | ||
| private entity for right-of-way access for the project. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
