Bill Text: TX SB1959 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certain comprehensive development agreements of the Texas Department of Transportation or a regional mobility authority.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-27 - Referred to Transportation [SB1959 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1959-Introduced.html
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By: Lucio | S.B. No. 1959 |
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relating to certain comprehensive development agreements of the | ||
Texas Department of Transportation or a regional mobility | ||
authority. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 223.2011, Transportation Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsections (a), (b), (c), and (f) and adding | ||
Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a) Notwithstanding Sections 223.201(f) and 370.305(c), the | ||
department or an authority under Section 370.003 may enter into a | ||
comprehensive development agreement relating to improvements to, | ||
or construction of, all or part of: | ||
(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; | ||
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from U.S. Highway 77 to Farm-to-Market Road 1847; [ |
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Causeway Project from State Highway 100 to Park Road 100; | ||
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U.S. Highway 69 (Lindale Relief Route) and from State Highway 110 to | ||
U.S. Highway 259 (Segments 6 and 7); | ||
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El Paso County from Race Track Drive to U.S. Highway 54; | ||
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County from Loop 375 east of the Railroad Drive overpass to the | ||
Texas-New Mexico border; | ||
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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. | ||
(a-1) The department or an authority under Section 370.003 | ||
may combine the projects described by Subsections (a)(3) and (4) | ||
into one comprehensive development agreement. | ||
(b) Before the department or an authority may enter into a | ||
comprehensive development agreement under this section, the | ||
department or the authority, as applicable, 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 | ||
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(c) Not later than December 1, 2018 [ |
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or the authority, as applicable, shall provide a report to the | ||
commission on the status of a project described by Subsection | ||
(a). The report must include: | ||
(1) the status of the project's environmental | ||
clearance; | ||
(2) an explanation of any project delays; and | ||
(3) if the procurement is not completed, the | ||
anticipated date for the completion of the procurement. | ||
(f) The authority to enter into a comprehensive development | ||
agreement under this section expires August 31, 2023 [ |
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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 August 28, 2017. |