Bill Text: TX HB869 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a study by the Texas Department of Transportation of the feasibility of certain improvements to Interstate Highway 27.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-23 - Referred to Transportation [HB869 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB869-Introduced.html
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| By: Burrows | H.B. No. 869 | |
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| relating to a study by the Texas Department of Transportation of the | ||
| feasibility of certain improvements to Interstate Highway 27. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. (a) In this Act: | ||
| (1) "Improvement" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
| 221.001, Transportation Code. | ||
| (2) "Port of entry" has the meaning assigned by | ||
| Section 621.001, Transportation Code. | ||
| (b) The Texas Department of Transportation shall conduct a | ||
| study of the feasibility of and the costs and logistical matters | ||
| associated with improvements that extend Interstate Highway 27: | ||
| (1) from its southern terminus to Interstate Highway | ||
| 20; | ||
| (2) from Interstate Highway 20 to Interstate Highway | ||
| 10; and | ||
| (3) from Interstate Highway 10 to the port of entry | ||
| located in Laredo. | ||
| (c) Not later than January 1, 2019, the department shall | ||
| submit a report on the results of the study to the governor, the | ||
| lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, | ||
| and the presiding officer of each standing committee of the | ||
| legislature with jurisdiction over transportation matters. | ||
| (d) This Act expires August 31, 2019. | ||
| 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. | ||
