Bill Text: TX SB35 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the selection, prioritization, construction, and funding of transportation projects.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2025-05-27 - Placed on General State Calendar [SB35 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-SB35-Comm_Sub.html

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89R26713 JAM-D
By: Nichols, et al. S.B. No. 35
(Craddick)
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 35: No.

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the selection, prioritization, construction, and
funding of transportation projects.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 201.609, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 201.609. NOTICE TO LEGISLATORS OF CERTAIN ACTIONS
[COMPLETED PROJECTS]. [(a)] Not later than the 10th day after the
date a major road project is selected for funding or the 10th day
before the date on which a major road project is scheduled for
completion, as applicable, the department shall provide notice [of
the location and completion date of the road project] to each member
of the legislature who represents the county in which the road
project is located of:
(1) the selection of the road project for funding; or
(2) the completion of the project [and who wants to
receive the notice].
[(b) The department shall ask each legislator whether the
legislator wants to receive notices under this section.]
SECTION 2. Section 201.991(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The department shall develop a unified transportation
program covering a period of 10 years to guide the development of
and authorize construction of transportation projects. The
program must:
(1) annually identify target funding levels; [and]
(2) list all projects that the department intends to
develop or begin construction of during the program period; and
(3) identify and prioritize transportation projects
that:
(A) are required to maintain the state
infrastructure; or
(B) would improve the state infrastructure.
SECTION 3. In selecting and prioritizing transportation
projects, the Texas Department of Transportation shall:
(1) develop a plan, conduct an environmental review,
and propose a design for:
(A) the reconstruction of Broadway Street in San
Antonio between its intersections with East Houston Street and Burr
Road;
(B) the reconstruction of Hildebrand Avenue in
San Antonio between its intersections between North New Braunfels
Avenue and the San Antonio River;
(C) the construction of State Highway 32 between
State Highway 4 and U.S. Highways 77 and 83 in Cameron County;
(D) the improvement and extension of Cistercian
Road between State Highway 114 and Northgate Drive in Dallas
County;
(E) the improvement and extension of Stewart Road
from U.S. Highway 77 to Frontier Parkway in Denton County;
(F) the improvement of Fishtrap Road between its
intersections with U.S. Highway 377 and Brewer Road in Denton
County;
(G) the improvement of Rockhill Road and Arvin
Hill Road between the intersection of Rockhill Road and the Union
Pacific Railroad tracks and the intersection of Arvin Hill Road and
Red Mesa Trail in Denton County;
(H) the construction of a bridge in Harris County
crossing the railroad tracks at the intersection of Little York
Road and Hirsch Road to provide rail-roadway grade separation;
(I) the construction of a bridge in Harris County
crossing the railroad tracks at the intersection of Tidwell Road
and Hirsch Road to provide rail-roadway grade separation;
(J) the reconstruction of State Highway 225
between its intersection with Interstate Highway 610 and Red Bluff
Road in Harris County;
(K) the construction of connectors between State
Highway 225 and State Highway 8 in Harris County;
(L) the reconstruction of Broadway Street
between its intersection with Interstate Highway 45 and State
Highway 225 in Harris County;
(M) the construction of a sound barrier along the
eastern side of State Highway 146 between McCabe Road and Wharton
Weems Boulevard in Harris County;
(N) the expansion of State Highway 57 between the
City of Eagle Pass and Interstate Highway 35 in Frio, Maverick, and
Zavala Counties;
(O) the construction of an interchange at the
northern intersection of State Highway 349 and Business State
Highway 349-C in Martin County;
(P) the improvement and expansion of State
Highway 349 from its intersection with Business State Highway 349-C
in Martin County to its intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 1788
in Midland County;
(Q) the construction of an interchange at the
intersection of State Highway 349 and Farm-to-Market Road 1788 in
Midland County;
(R) the construction of an interchange at the
intersection of State Highway Loop 250 and Todd Road in Midland
County; and
(S) the improvement of Farm-to-Market Road 1660
between its intersections with Orgain Street and U.S. Highway 79 in
Williamson County;
(2) construct the projects described by Subdivision
(1) of this section; and
(3) ensure that a route in the state highway system,
including Farm-to-Market Roads 1021 and 1472, between Eagle Pass
and Laredo is sufficiently maintained.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.