81R11667 JTS-D
By: Harper-Brown H.B. No. 3673
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the relocation of utilities as a result of the
construction or maintenance of a toll project that is the subject of
a comprehensive development agreement.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 371, Transportation Code,
as added by Chapter 264 (S.B. 792), Acts of the 80th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2007, is amended by adding Section 371.105 to read
as follows:
Sec. 371.105. RESPONSIBILITY FOR RELOCATION OF UTILITIES.
If the construction or maintenance of a toll project that is the
subject of a comprehensive development agreement requires the
relocation of utilities, the private entity is responsible for the
costs of the relocation.
SECTION 2. Section 371.105, Transportation Code, as added
by this Act, applies only to a toll project that is the subject of a
comprehensive development agreement entered into on or after the
effective date of this Act.
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, 2009.