Bill Text: TX HB1079 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to a study by the Texas Department of Transportation of the Ports-to-Plains Corridor, including an evaluation of the feasibility of certain improvements to Interstate Highway 27.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective immediately [HB1079 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1079-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to a study by the Texas Department of Transportation of the Ports-to-Plains Corridor, including an evaluation of the feasibility of certain improvements to Interstate Highway 27.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective immediately [HB1079 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1079-Introduced.html
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By: Price | H.B. No. 1079 |
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relating to a study by the Texas Department of Transportation of the | ||
feasibility of certain improvements to Interstate Highway 27. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. (a) In this Act, "improvement" has the meaning | ||
assigned by Section 221.001, Transportation Code. | ||
(b) The Texas Department of Transportation shall conduct a | ||
comprehensive study of the feasibility of and the costs and | ||
logistical matters associated with improvements that: | ||
(1) extend Interstate Highway 27: | ||
(A) from its northern terminus to Dumas; | ||
(B) from Dumas to Stratford; and | ||
(C) from Stratford to the Oklahoma state border; | ||
and | ||
(2) extend Interstate Highway 27: | ||
(A) from its northern terminus to Dumas; | ||
(B) from Dumas to Dalhart; and | ||
(C) from Dalhart to the New Mexico state border. | ||
(c) Not later than January 1, 2021, the Texas Department of | ||
Transportation shall submit a report on the results of the study to | ||
the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of | ||
representatives, and the presiding officer of each standing | ||
committee of the legislature with jurisdiction over transportation | ||
matters. | ||
(d) This Act expires August 31, 2021. | ||
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, 2019. |