Bill Text: TX HB3949 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Transportation to sell a portion of a state highway to the owner or operator of an international port of entry.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-19 - Left pending in committee [HB3949 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3949-Engrossed.html
| By: Martinez | H.B. No. 3949 | |
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| relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Transportation | ||
| to sell a portion of a state highway to the owner or operator of an | ||
| international port of entry. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 202, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 202.034 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 202.034. SALE OF CERTAIN STATE HIGHWAYS ABUTTING PORT | ||
| OF ENTRY AT INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE. (a) Notwithstanding any other | ||
| law, the department may enter into an agreement to sell a portion of | ||
| a state highway that abuts a privately owned port of entry at an | ||
| international bridge to the owner or operator of the port of entry. | ||
| (b) An agreement to sell real property under this section | ||
| must provide for assumption of responsibility for maintenance of | ||
| the property by the entity that acquires the property. | ||
| (c) The commission: | ||
| (1) shall determine the fair value of the state's | ||
| interest in real property to be sold under this section; and | ||
| (2) may authorize the executive director to execute a | ||
| deed conveying the state's interest in the property. | ||
| (d) The department may not sell the state's interest in the | ||
| real property for an amount less than the amount determined under | ||
| Subsection (c)(1). | ||
| (e) Revenue from the sale of property under this section | ||
| shall be deposited to the credit of the state highway fund. | ||
| 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, 2021. | ||
