Bill Text: TX HB851 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to disclosure of financial studies and reports associated with a toll project.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-23 - Referred to Transportation [HB851 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB851-Introduced.html
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| By: Burkett | H.B. No. 851 | |
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| relating to disclosure of financial studies and reports associated | ||
| with a toll project. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 372, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 372.002 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 372.002. FINANCIAL STUDIES AND REPORTS SUBJECT TO | ||
| DISCLOSURE. (a) Financial studies and reports associated with a | ||
| toll project, including financial forecasts and traffic and revenue | ||
| reports, are subject to disclosure, inspection, and copying under | ||
| Chapter 552, Government Code. | ||
| (b) Notwithstanding Sections 223.204(a), 366.403(a), and | ||
| 370.307(a), this section applies to financial studies and reports | ||
| associated with a proposed toll project, regardless of whether a | ||
| final contract for the project has been entered into. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 371.052(d), Transportation Code, is | ||
| repealed. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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. | ||
