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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain comprehensive development agreements of the |
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Texas Department of Transportation. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 223.201(f), (i), and (j), |
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Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(f) The department may enter into a comprehensive |
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development agreement only for all or part of: |
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(1) the State Highway 99 (Grand Parkway) project; |
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(2) the Interstate Highway 35E managed lanes project |
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in Dallas and Denton Counties from Interstate Highway 635 to U.S. |
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Highway 380; |
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(3) the North Tarrant Express project in Tarrant and |
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Dallas Counties, including: |
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(A) [on Statc Highway 183 from Statc Highway 121
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to Statc Highway 161 (Segment 2E);
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[(B)] on Interstate Highway 35W from Interstate |
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Highway 30 to State Highway 114 (Segments 3A, 3B, and 3C); and |
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(B) [(C)] on Interstate Highway 820 from State |
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Highway 183 North to south of Randol Mill Road (Segment 4); |
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(4) the State Highway 183 managed lanes project in |
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Dallas and Tarrant Counties [County] from State Highway 121 [161] |
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to Interstate Highway 35E, including: |
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(A) State Highway 114 from State Highway 183 to |
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International Parkway; and |
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(B) Loop 12 from State Highway 183 to Interstate |
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Highway 35E. |
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(5) the State Highway 249 project in Harris and |
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Montgomery Counties from Spring Cypress Road to Farm-to-Market Road |
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1774; |
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(6) the State Highway 288 project in Brazoria County |
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and Harris County; and |
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(7) the U.S. Highway 290 Hempstead managed lanes |
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project in Harris County from Interstate Highway 610 to State |
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Highway 99. |
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(i) The authority to enter into a comprehensive development |
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agreement for a project described by Subsection (f), other than the |
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State Highway 99 (Grand Parkway) project expires August 31, 2015. |
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(j) Before the department may enter into a comprehensive |
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development agreement under Subsection (f), the department must: |
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(1) obtain, not later than August 31, 2013, the |
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appropriate environmental clearance for any project other than the |
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State Highway 99 (Grand Parkway) project; and |
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(2) present to the commission a full financial plan |
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for the project, including costing methodology and cost proposals. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |