Bill Text: TX HB3769 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the funding of certain transportation projects.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-06 - Left pending in committee [HB3769 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3769-Introduced.html
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| By: Fletcher | H.B. No. 3769 | |
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| relating to the funding of certain transportation projects. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 201, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 201.623 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 201.623. PRIORITY CORRIDOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. | ||
| (a) The department shall designate as priority corridors highways | ||
| or segments of highways in the state highway system that have | ||
| international importance. | ||
| (b) A transportation project in a priority corridor | ||
| designated under Subsection (a) must be given priority for | ||
| department resources, including available funding and staff time, | ||
| over other department projects. | ||
| SECTION 2. Sections 222.1075(a)(1) and (3), Transportation | ||
| Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
| (1) "Port authority" means: | ||
| (A) a port authority or navigation district | ||
| created or operating under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, | ||
| Article XVI, Texas Constitution; or | ||
| (B) a municipality containing an inland port. | ||
| (3) "Port project" means a project that is necessary | ||
| or convenient for the proper operation of an inland port or a | ||
| maritime port or waterway and that will improve the security, | ||
| movement, and intermodal transportation of cargo or passengers in | ||
| commerce and trade, including dredging, disposal, and other | ||
| projects. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 222.1075, Transportation Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (n) to read as follows: | ||
| (n) Notwithstanding any other law, a port commission may | ||
| designate a port authority transportation reinvestment zone for a | ||
| port project located outside the boundaries of the port authority | ||
| if: | ||
| (1) the port commission finds that: | ||
| (A) the project will benefit the property and | ||
| residents located in the zone; and | ||
| (B) the creation of the zone will serve a public | ||
| purpose of the designating authority; | ||
| (2) a zone has been designated for the same project by | ||
| one or more authorities in whose boundaries the project is located; | ||
| and | ||
| (3) an agreement for joint support of the designated | ||
| zones is entered into under this section by: | ||
| (A) the authority whose boundaries do not contain | ||
| the project; and | ||
| (B) one or more of the authorities that have | ||
| designated a zone for the project and in whose boundaries the | ||
| project is located. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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, 2015. | ||
