By: Smith of Harris H.B. No. 1557 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the authority of certain toll project entities to enter into a comprehensive development agreement. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Sections 223.201(f) and (i), Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows: (f) Except as provided by Subsections (h) and (i), the authority to enter into comprehensive development agreements provided by this section expires on August 31, 2011 [2009]. (i) The authority to enter into a comprehensive development agreement for a project exempted from Subsection (f) or Section 223.210(b) expires August 31, 2013 [2011]. SECTION 2. Sections 370.305(d) and (f), Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows: (d) Except as provided by Subsections (e) and (f), the authority to enter into comprehensive development agreements under this section expires on August 31, 2011 [2009]. (f) The authority to enter into a comprehensive development agreement for a project exempted from Subsection (d) or Section 223.210(b) expires August 31, 2013 [2011]. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.