Bill Text: TX HB2736 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to prohibiting the temporary closure of segments of the state highway system on days that certain scheduled events are being held.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-05 - Referred to Transportation [HB2736 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2736-Engrossed.html
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| By: Capriglione | H.B. No. 2736 | |
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| 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 that 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, 2015. | ||
