Bill Text: TX HB3456 | 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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-03 - Referred to Transportation [HB3456 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3456-Introduced.html
By: Shaheen | H.B. No. 3456 |
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relating to the types of highway projects for which the Texas | ||
Department of Transportation is required to hold a hearing. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. 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 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, 2017. |