Bill Text: TX SB1474 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the I-27 Advisory Committee.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB1474 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1474-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the I-27 Advisory Committee.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB1474 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1474-Introduced.html
87R11385 SRA-D | ||
By: Perry | S.B. No. 1474 |
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relating to the I-27 Advisory Committee. | ||
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. I-27 ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) In this | ||
section: | ||
(1) "Advisory committee" means the I-27 Advisory | ||
Committee established under this section. | ||
(2) "Feasibility study" means the study on the | ||
Ports-to-Plains Corridor conducted by the department as required by | ||
Chapter 756 (H.B. 1079), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2019. | ||
(3) "Ports-to-Plains Corridor" means the highways | ||
designated as the Ports-to-Plains Corridor under Section 225.069. | ||
(b) The I-27 Advisory Committee is established to: | ||
(1) provide the department with an enhanced | ||
understanding of public, business, and private concerns relating to | ||
the Ports-to-Plains Corridor; | ||
(2) facilitate the department's communications and | ||
project development objectives relating to the Ports-to-Plains | ||
Corridor; and | ||
(3) encourage greater cooperation between the | ||
department and affected parties during the planning and development | ||
of projects relating to the Ports-to-Plains Corridor. | ||
(c) The advisory committee shall regularly provide advice | ||
and recommendations to the department on transportation | ||
improvements to be made in the Ports-to-Plains Corridor, including | ||
on: | ||
(1) facilities to be included in a development plan | ||
for the Ports-to-Plains Corridor; | ||
(2) upgrades and other improvements to be made to | ||
existing facilities located in the Ports-to-Plains Corridor; and | ||
(3) other corridor-level planning and development | ||
matters as requested by the department. | ||
(d) In developing advice and recommendations, the advisory | ||
committee shall: | ||
(1) evaluate economic, political, societal, and | ||
demographic population trends affecting transportation; and | ||
(2) consider existing facilities, upgrades to | ||
existing facilities, new and planned facilities, multimodal | ||
solutions, and available financing options. | ||
(e) The advisory committee is composed of: | ||
(1) three county judges representing counties along | ||
the Ports-to-Plains Corridor to be selected based on geographic | ||
segments that were established for the feasibility study; | ||
(2) the mayors of Amarillo, Midland, Lubbock, San | ||
Angelo, Del Rio, and Laredo; | ||
(3) three economic development professionals to be | ||
selected based on geographic segments that were established for the | ||
feasibility study; | ||
(4) one business representative from the agriculture | ||
industry; | ||
(5) one business representative from the | ||
international trade industry; | ||
(6) one business representative from the energy | ||
industry; | ||
(7) one member from a metropolitan planning | ||
organization representing a region along the Ports-to-Plains | ||
Corridor; and | ||
(8) one member of the state legislature. | ||
(f) The members of the advisory committee described by | ||
Subsection (e)(2) shall appoint the remaining members of the | ||
advisory committee by majority vote. | ||
(g) An advisory committee member serves until the member: | ||
(1) ceases to hold the underlying position that | ||
qualifies the member for service on the committee; or | ||
(2) resigns. | ||
(h) A vacancy on the advisory committee is filled: | ||
(1) for a vacancy for a position qualified under | ||
Subsection (e)(2), by the person holding the elected position | ||
vacated by the former member; and | ||
(2) for any other position, by majority vote of the | ||
advisory committee members described by Subsection (e)(2). | ||
(i) The advisory committee shall elect by majority vote of | ||
the committee: | ||
(1) a chair to serve as the committee's presiding | ||
officer; and | ||
(2) a vice-chair to serve as the committee's presiding | ||
officer in the absence of the chair. | ||
(j) The advisory committee shall meet at least once each | ||
calendar year and at such other times as requested by the department | ||
or the chair. The advisory committee may meet remotely or by | ||
teleconference as determined by the chair or the department. | ||
(k) An advisory committee member is not entitled to receive | ||
compensation for service on the committee or reimbursement for | ||
expenses incurred in the performance of official duties as a member | ||
of the committee. | ||
(l) Chapter 2110, Government Code, does not apply to the | ||
advisory committee. | ||
SECTION 2. (a) The members of the I-27 Advisory Committee | ||
established under Section 201.623, Transportation Code, as added by | ||
this Act, described by Section 201.623(e)(2), Transportation Code, | ||
as added by this Act, shall make the appointments required by that | ||
section not later than October 1, 2021. | ||
(b) The I-27 Advisory Committee established under Section | ||
201.623, Transportation Code, as added by this Act, shall meet on or | ||
before the 30th day after the completion of appointments under | ||
Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
SECTION 3. 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. |