Bill Text: TX HB3645 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the types of highway projects for which the Texas Department of Transportation is required to hold a hearing and a reduction of amounts appropriated to the Texas Department of Transportation for a violation of provisions relating to public participation in the environmental review of transportation projects.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-30 - Referred to Transportation [HB3645 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3645-Introduced.html
By: Shaheen | H.B. No. 3645 |
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relating to the types of highway projects for which the Texas | ||
Department of Transportation is required to hold a hearing and a | ||
reduction of amounts appropriated to the Texas Department of | ||
Transportation for a violation of provisions relating to public | ||
participation in the environmental review of transportation | ||
projects. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 201.604, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: | ||
(f) If the department violates a requirement relating to | ||
public participation in the environmental review of a | ||
transportation project under this section or under rules adopted to | ||
implement this section, the department is subject to a reduction of | ||
amounts appropriated for administration by the General | ||
Appropriations Act for the biennium follo | ||
wing the biennium in which | ||
the violation occurs in an amount not to exceed $100,000 for each | ||
violation. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 203, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 203.023 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 203.023. SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE IN LAYOUT OR FUNCTION. | ||
The commission by rule shall require a hearing for projects that | ||
substantially change the layout or function of a connecting roadway | ||
or an existing facility, including the addition of managed lanes, | ||
high-occupancy vehicle lanes, bicycle lanes, bus lanes, and transit | ||
lanes. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |