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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to comprehensive development agreements of the Texas |
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Department of Transportation. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 223.201(f), (i), and (j), |
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Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(f) The department may enter into a comprehensive |
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development agreement only for all or part of: |
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(1) the State Highway 99 (Grand Parkway) project; |
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(2) the Interstate Highway 35E managed lanes project |
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in Dallas and Denton Counties from Interstate Highway 635 to U.S. |
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Highway 380; |
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(3) the Interstate Highway 35W project in Tarrant |
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County from Interstate Highway 30 to State Highway 114; |
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(4) the State Highway 183 managed lanes project in |
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Tarrant and Dallas Counties from State Highway 121 to Interstate |
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Highway 35E; |
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(5) the Interstate Highway 35E/U.S. Highway 67 |
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Southern Gateway project in Dallas County, including: |
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(A) Interstate Highway 35E from 8th Street to |
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Interstate Highway 20; and |
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(B) U.S. Highway 67 from Interstate Highway 35E |
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to Farm-to-Market Road 1382 (Belt Line Road); |
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(6) the State Highway 288 project from U.S. Highway 59 |
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to south of State Highway 6 in Brazoria County and Harris County; |
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(7) the U.S. Highway 290 managed lanes project in |
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Harris County from Interstate Highway 610 to State Highway 99; |
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(8) the Interstate Highway 820 project from State |
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Highway 183 to Randol Mill Road; |
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(9) the State Highway 114 project in Dallas County |
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from State Highway 121 to State Highway 183; |
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(10) the Loop 12 project in Dallas County from State |
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Highway 183 to Interstate Highway 35E; |
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(11) the Loop 9 project in Dallas and Ellis Counties |
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from Interstate Highway 20 to U.S. Highway 67; [and] |
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(12) the U.S. Highway 181 Harbor Bridge project in |
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Nueces County between U.S. Highway 181 at Beach Avenue and |
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Interstate Highway 37; and |
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(13) the Interstate Highway 35 project in Travis |
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County. |
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(i) The authority to enter into a comprehensive development |
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agreement expires: |
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(1) August 31, 2017, for a project described by |
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Subsection (f), other than the State Highway 99 (Grand Parkway) |
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project, [and] the State Highway 183 managed lanes project, and the |
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Interstate Highway 35 project in Travis County; and |
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(2) August 31, 2015, for the State Highway 183 managed |
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lanes project. |
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(j) Before the department may enter into a comprehensive |
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development agreement under Subsection (f), the department must: |
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(1) for a project other than the State Highway 99 |
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(Grand Parkway) project or the Interstate Highway 35 project in |
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Travis County, obtain, not later than August 31, 2017, the |
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appropriate environmental clearance: |
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(A) for the project; or |
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(B) for the initial or base scope of the project |
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if the project agreement provides for the phased construction of |
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the project; and |
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(2) present to the commission a full financial plan |
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for the project, including costing methodology and cost proposals. |
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SECTION 2. Section 223.201(k), Transportation Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |