Bill Text: TX SB1718 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to Texas Department of Transportation and regional mobility authority comprehensive development agreements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-14 - Referred to Transportation [SB1718 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1718-Introduced.html
86R12344 JTS-F | ||
By: Lucio | S.B. No. 1718 |
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relating to Texas Department of Transportation and regional | ||
mobility authority comprehensive development agreements. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 223.201(b), Transportation Code, is | ||
transferred to Subchapter E, Chapter 223, Transportation Code, | ||
redesignated as Section 223.2001, Transportation Code, and amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 223.2001. DEFINITION. [ |
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"comprehensive development agreement" means an agreement that, at a | ||
minimum, provides for the design and construction, reconstruction, | ||
rehabilitation, expansion, or improvement of a project described in | ||
Section 223.201(a) [ |
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financing, acquisition, maintenance, or operation of a project | ||
described in that section [ |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 223, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 223.2002 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 223.2002. LIMITATION. The department may enter into a | ||
comprehensive development agreement only: | ||
(1) for specific projects authorized under this | ||
subchapter; or | ||
(2) as provided by Subchapter F. | ||
SECTION 3. Sections 223.201(f), (g), and (j), | ||
Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(f) The department may enter into a comprehensive | ||
development agreement [ |
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(g) The department may combine in a comprehensive | ||
development agreement under this subchapter: | ||
(1) a toll project and a rail facility as defined by | ||
Section 91.001; or | ||
(2) two or more projects for which the department is | ||
authorized under this subchapter to enter into a comprehensive | ||
development agreement [ |
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(j) Before the department may enter into a comprehensive | ||
development agreement [ |
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(1) for a project other than the State Highway 99 | ||
(Grand Parkway) project, obtain[ |
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the appropriate environmental clearance: | ||
(A) for the project; or | ||
(B) for the initial or base scope of the project | ||
if the project agreement provides for the phased construction of | ||
the project; and | ||
(2) present to the commission a full financial plan | ||
for the project, including costing methodology and cost proposals. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 223.2012(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) In this section, the North Tarrant Express project is | ||
the project on Interstate Highway 35W in Tarrant County from | ||
Interstate Highway 30 to State Highway 114 that was [ |
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SECTION 5. Subchapter E, Chapter 223, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 223.2014 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 223.2014. AUTHORIZED PROJECTS; EXPIRATION. (a) The | ||
department may enter into a comprehensive development agreement for | ||
a project listed under Section 370.3051. | ||
(b) This section expires August 31, 2023. | ||
SECTION 6. Section 370.305, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (d), (e), and (f) | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(c) An authority may enter into a comprehensive development | ||
agreement only: | ||
(1) for specific projects authorized under this | ||
subchapter; or | ||
(2) as provided by Subchapter K [ |
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(d) Before an authority may enter into a comprehensive | ||
development agreement, the authority must: | ||
(1) obtain the appropriate environmental clearance: | ||
(A) for the project; or | ||
(B) for the initial or base scope of the project | ||
if the project agreement provides for the phased construction of | ||
the project; and | ||
(2) present to the commission a full financial plan | ||
for the project, including costing methodology and cost proposals. | ||
(e) In this section, "environmental clearance" means: | ||
(1) a finding of no significant impact has been issued | ||
for the project or, as applicable, for the initial or base scope of | ||
the project; or | ||
(2) for a project for which an environmental impact | ||
statement is prepared, a record of decision has been issued for that | ||
project or, as applicable, for the initial or base scope of the | ||
project. | ||
(f) The department may not provide any financial assistance | ||
to an authority to pay for the costs of procuring a comprehensive | ||
development agreement. | ||
SECTION 7. Subchapter G, Chapter 370, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 370.3051 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 370.3051. AUTHORIZED PROJECTS FOR COMPREHENSIVE | ||
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS; EXPIRATION. (a) A regional mobility | ||
authority may enter into a comprehensive development agreement for: | ||
(1) the Loop 1 (MoPac Improvement) project from | ||
Farm-to-Market Road 734 to Cesar Chavez Street; | ||
(2) the U.S. 183 (Bergstrom Expressway) project from | ||
Springdale Road to Patton Avenue; | ||
(3) the Outer Parkway Project in Cameron County from | ||
U.S. Highway 77 to Farm-to-Market Road 1847; | ||
(4) the South Padre Island Second Access Causeway | ||
Project from State Highway 100 to Park Road 100; | ||
(5) the Loop 49 project from Interstate 20 to U.S. | ||
Highway 69 (Lindale Relief Route) and from State Highway 110 to U.S. | ||
Highway 259 (Segments 6 and 7); | ||
(6) the Loop 375 Border Highway West project in El Paso | ||
County from Race Track Drive to U.S. Highway 54; | ||
(7) the Northeast Parkway project in El Paso County | ||
from Loop 375 east of the Railroad Drive overpass to the Texas-New | ||
Mexico border; | ||
(8) the Loop 1604 project in Bexar County; | ||
(9) the Hidalgo County Loop project; | ||
(10) the International Bridge Trade Corridor project; | ||
and | ||
(11) the Farm-to-Market 1925 project from U.S. Highway | ||
281 in Hidalgo County to U.S. Highway 77 in Cameron County. | ||
(b) The projects described by Subsections (a)(3) and (4) may | ||
be combined into one comprehensive development agreement. | ||
(c) This section expires August 31, 2023. | ||
SECTION 8. Section 228.104(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The principal of, interest on, and any redemption | ||
premium on bonds issued by the commission under this subchapter are | ||
payable solely from: | ||
(1) the revenue of the toll project or system for which | ||
the bonds are issued, including tolls pledged to pay the bonds; | ||
(2) the proceeds of bonds issued for the project or | ||
system; | ||
(3) the amounts deposited in a debt service reserve | ||
fund as required by the trust agreement securing bonds issued for | ||
the project or system; | ||
(4) amounts received under a credit agreement relating | ||
to the project or system for which the bonds are issued; | ||
(5) surplus revenue of another project or system as | ||
authorized by Section 228.006; and | ||
(6) amounts received by the department: | ||
(A) as pass-through tolls under Section 222.104; | ||
(B) under an agreement with a local governmental | ||
entity entered into under Section 228.254; | ||
(C) under other agreements with a local | ||
governmental entity relating to the project or system for which the | ||
bonds are issued; and | ||
(D) under a comprehensive development agreement | ||
entered into under Subchapter E, Chapter 223 [ |
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SECTION 9. The following provisions of the Transportation | ||
Code are repealed: | ||
(1) Sections 223.201(i), (k), and (m); and | ||
(2) Section 223.2011. | ||
SECTION 10. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |