Bill Text: TX HB2894 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the construction of a bridge crossing Laguna Madre.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-14 - Referred to Transportation [HB2894 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2894-Introduced.html
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| By: Hunter | H.B. No. 2894 | |
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| relating to the construction of a bridge crossing Laguna Madre. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 201, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 201.625 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 201.625. LAGUNA MADRE BRIDGE. (a) The department | ||
| shall: | ||
| (1) develop a plan, conduct an environmental review, | ||
| and propose a design for a bridge crossing Laguna Madre in Nueces or | ||
| Kleberg County in addition to the John F. Kennedy Memorial | ||
| Causeway; and | ||
| (2) on construction of the bridge described by | ||
| Subdivision (1), designate the bridge as part of the state highway | ||
| system. | ||
| (b) The bridge described by Subsection (a) must provide an | ||
| additional evacuation route for residents of North Padre Island in | ||
| the event of a hurricane or other natural disaster. | ||
| (c) The department shall include the bridge described by | ||
| this section in the unified transportation program under Subchapter | ||
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| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
