Bill Text: TX SB2012 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the study of an economic impact zone by the Texas Department of Transportation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-19 - Co-author authorized [SB2012 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB2012-Introduced.html
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By: Taylor of Collin | S.B. No. 2012 |
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relating to the study of an economic impact zone by the Texas | ||
Department of Transportation. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. (a) Contingent on the enactment of S.B. 84 or | ||
similar legislation by the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, | ||
allowing the Texas Department of Transportation to finance a | ||
highway project using a transportation impact zone, the Texas | ||
Department of Transportation shall: | ||
(1) conduct a study on the benefits, limitations, and | ||
effects of the use of the zone; and | ||
(2) provide to the legislature a report containing the | ||
findings of the study not later than December 1, 2018. | ||
(b) If S.B. 84 or similar legislation is not enacted by the | ||
85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, Subsection (a) of this | ||
section has no effect. | ||
(c) This section expires January 1, 2019. | ||
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, 2017. |