Bill Text: TX SB269 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to comprehensive development agreements of the Texas Department of Transportation.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-28 - Referred to Transportation [SB269 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-SB269-Introduced.html

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84R3593 AAF-D
By: Watson S.B. No. 269

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to comprehensive development agreements of the Texas
Department of Transportation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 223.201(f), (i), and (j),
Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:
(f) The department may enter into a comprehensive
development agreement only for all or part of:
(1) the State Highway 99 (Grand Parkway) project;
(2) the Interstate Highway 35E managed lanes project
in Dallas and Denton Counties from Interstate Highway 635 to U.S.
Highway 380;
(3) the Interstate Highway 35W project in Tarrant
County from Interstate Highway 30 to State Highway 114;
(4) the State Highway 183 managed lanes project in
Tarrant and Dallas Counties from State Highway 121 to Interstate
Highway 35E;
(5) the Interstate Highway 35E/U.S. Highway 67
Southern Gateway project in Dallas County, including:
(A) Interstate Highway 35E from 8th Street to
Interstate Highway 20; and
(B) U.S. Highway 67 from Interstate Highway 35E
to Farm-to-Market Road 1382 (Belt Line Road);
(6) the State Highway 288 project from U.S. Highway 59
to south of State Highway 6 in Brazoria County and Harris County;
(7) the U.S. Highway 290 managed lanes project in
Harris County from Interstate Highway 610 to State Highway 99;
(8) the Interstate Highway 820 project from State
Highway 183 to Randol Mill Road;
(9) the State Highway 114 project in Dallas County
from State Highway 121 to State Highway 183;
(10) the Loop 12 project in Dallas County from State
Highway 183 to Interstate Highway 35E;
(11) the Loop 9 project in Dallas and Ellis Counties
from Interstate Highway 20 to U.S. Highway 67; [and]
(12) the U.S. Highway 181 Harbor Bridge project in
Nueces County between U.S. Highway 181 at Beach Avenue and
Interstate Highway 37; and
(13) the Interstate Highway 35 project in Travis
County.
(i) The authority to enter into a comprehensive development
agreement expires:
(1) August 31, 2017, for a project described by
Subsection (f), other than the State Highway 99 (Grand Parkway)
project, [and] the State Highway 183 managed lanes project, and the
Interstate Highway 35 project in Travis County; and
(2) August 31, 2015, for the State Highway 183 managed
lanes project.
(j) Before the department may enter into a comprehensive
development agreement under Subsection (f), the department must:
(1) for a project other than the State Highway 99
(Grand Parkway) project or the Interstate Highway 35 project in
Travis County, obtain, not later than August 31, 2017, 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 2. Section 223.201(k), Transportation Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 3. 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, 2015.