Bill Text: TX SB2140 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the development and operation of a transportation project by a regional mobility authority.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-01 - Referred to Transportation [SB2140 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB2140-Introduced.html
By: Blanco | S.B. No. 2140 | |
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relating to the development and operation of a transportation | ||
project by a regional mobility authority. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 370.003(14), Transportation Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(14) "Transportation project" means: | ||
(A) a turnpike project; | ||
(B) a system; | ||
(C) a passenger or freight rail facility, | ||
including: | ||
(i) tracks; | ||
(ii) a rail line; | ||
(iii) switching, signaling, or other | ||
operating equipment; | ||
(iv) a depot; | ||
(v) a locomotive; | ||
(vi) rolling stock; | ||
(vii) a maintenance facility; and | ||
(viii) other real and personal property | ||
associated with a rail operation; | ||
(D) a roadway with a functional classification | ||
greater than a local road or rural minor collector; | ||
(D-1) a bridge; | ||
(E) a ferry; | ||
(F) an airport, other than an airport that on | ||
September 1, 2005, was served by one or more air carriers engaged in | ||
scheduled interstate transportation, as those terms were defined by | ||
14 C.F.R. Section 1.1 on that date; | ||
(G) a pedestrian or bicycle facility; | ||
(H) an intermodal hub; | ||
(I) an automated conveyor belt for the movement | ||
of freight; | ||
(J) a border crossing inspection station, | ||
including: | ||
(i) a border crossing inspection station | ||
located at or near an international border crossing; and | ||
(ii) a border crossing inspection station | ||
located at or near a border crossing from another state of the | ||
United States and not more than 50 miles from an international | ||
border; | ||
(K) an air quality improvement initiative; | ||
(L) a public utility facility; | ||
(M) a transit system; | ||
(M-1) a parking area, structure, or facility, or | ||
a collection device for parking fees; | ||
(N) if applicable, projects and programs listed | ||
in the most recently approved state implementation plan for the | ||
area covered by the authority, including an early action compact; | ||
(O) improvements in a transportation | ||
reinvestment zone designated under Subchapter E, Chapter 222; | ||
(P) port security, transportation, or facility | ||
projects eligible for funding under Section 55.002; [ |
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(Q) an aerial cable car or aerial tramway for the | ||
transportation of persons or property, or both, that is located in | ||
the jurisdiction of an authority created under Section 370.031(c); | ||
and | ||
(R) an urban green space or aesthetic enhancement | ||
located adjacent to or connected with an interstate highway, which | ||
may include: | ||
(i) recreational, bicycle, and pedestrian | ||
facilities; | ||
(ii) an intermodal hub; or | ||
(iii) parking areas, | ||
and which may include components, which will: | ||
(i) benefit a transit provider; and | ||
(ii) promote economic development in areas | ||
adjacent to the facility. | ||
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, 2021. |