Bill Text: TX SB176 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a study by the Texas Department of Transportation of the feasibility of certain improvements to Interstate Highway 27.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-01 - Referred to Transportation [SB176 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB176-Introduced.html
86R1199 JRR-D | ||
By: Perry | S.B. No. 176 |
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relating to a study by the Texas Department of Transportation of the | ||
feasibility of certain improvements to Interstate Highway 27. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. (a) In this Act: | ||
(1) "Improvement" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
221.001, Transportation Code. | ||
(2) "Port of entry" has the meaning assigned by | ||
Section 621.001, Transportation Code. | ||
(b) The Texas Department of Transportation shall conduct a | ||
study of the feasibility of and the costs and logistical matters | ||
associated with improvements that would extend Interstate Highway | ||
27: | ||
(1) from its southern terminus to Interstate Highway | ||
20; | ||
(2) from Interstate Highway 20 to Interstate Highway | ||
10; and | ||
(3) from Interstate Highway 10 to the port of entry | ||
located in Laredo. | ||
(c) Not later than January 1, 2021, the department shall | ||
submit a report on the results of the study to the governor, the | ||
lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, | ||
and the presiding officer of each standing committee of the | ||
legislature with jurisdiction over transportation matters. | ||
(d) This Act expires August 31, 2021. | ||
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, 2019. |