Bill Text: TX SB1074 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority to enter into a comprehensive development agreement for a project on Interstate Highway 35 in Travis County.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-07 - Referred to Transportation [SB1074 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1074-Introduced.html
By: Watson | S.B. No. 1074 | |
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relating to the authority to enter into a comprehensive development | ||
agreement for a project on Interstate Highway 35 in Travis County. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 223.201(b), Transportation Code, is | ||
transferred to Subchapter E, Chapter 223, Transportation Code, | ||
redesignated as Section 223.2001, Transportation Code, and amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 223.2001. DEFINITION. [ |
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"comprehensive development agreement" means an agreement that, at a | ||
minimum, provides for the design and construction, reconstruction, | ||
rehabilitation, expansion, or improvement of a project described in | ||
Section 223.201(a) [ |
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financing, acquisition, maintenance, or operation of a project | ||
described in that section [ |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 223, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 223.2002 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 223.2002. LIMITATION. The department may enter into a | ||
comprehensive development agreement only: | ||
(1) for specific projects authorized under this | ||
subchapter; or | ||
(2) as provided by Subchapter F. | ||
SECTION 3. Sections 223.201(f), (g), and (j), | ||
Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(f) The department may enter into a comprehensive | ||
development agreement [ |
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(g) The department may combine in a comprehensive | ||
development agreement under this subchapter: | ||
(1) a toll project and a rail facility as defined by | ||
Section 91.001; or | ||
(2) two or more projects for which the department is | ||
authorized under this subchapter to enter into a comprehensive | ||
development agreement [ |
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(j) Before the department may enter into a comprehensive | ||
development agreement under this subchapter [ |
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department must: | ||
(1) for a project other than the State Highway 99 | ||
(Grand Parkway) project, obtain[ |
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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 4. Section 223.2012(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) In this section, the North Tarrant Express project is | ||
the project on Interstate Highway 35W in Tarrant County from | ||
Interstate Highway 30 to State Highway 114 that was [ |
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SECTION 5. Subchapter E, Chapter 223, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 223.2014 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 223.2014. AUTHORIZED PROJECT. (a) The department may | ||
enter into a comprehensive development agreement for a project on | ||
Interstate Highway 35 in Travis County. | ||
(b) Any managed lane included in a project described by | ||
Subsection (a) must provide free use of the lane to a public transit | ||
motor bus of a mass transit entity operating under Subtitle K. | ||
(c) This section expires August 31, 2021. | ||
SECTION 6. The following provisions of the Transportation | ||
Code are repealed: | ||
(1) Sections 223.201(i), (k), and (m); and | ||
(2) Section 223.2011. | ||
SECTION 7. Section 370.305(c), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) An authority may enter into a comprehensive development | ||
agreement only: | ||
(1) for specific projects authorized under this | ||
subchapter; or | ||
(2) as provided by Subchapter K [ |
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SECTION 8. Subchapter G, Chapter 370, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 370.3051 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 370.3051. AUTHORIZED PROJECTS FOR COMPREHENSIVE | ||
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS. (a) A regional mobility authority may | ||
enter into a comprehensive development agreement for a project on | ||
Interstate Highway 35 in Travis County. | ||
(b) Any managed lane included in a project described by | ||
Subsection (a) must provide free use of the lane to a public transit | ||
motor bus of a mass transit entity operating under Subtitle K. | ||
(c) This section expires August 31, 2021. | ||
SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |