| 1 | 1 | | 81R11667 JTS-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Harper-Brown H.B. No. 3673 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the relocation of utilities as a result of the |
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| 8 | 8 | | construction or maintenance of a toll project that is the subject of |
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| 9 | 9 | | a comprehensive development agreement. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 371, Transportation Code, |
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| 12 | 12 | | as added by Chapter 264 (S.B. 792), Acts of the 80th Legislature, |
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| 13 | 13 | | Regular Session, 2007, is amended by adding Section 371.105 to read |
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| 14 | 14 | | as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 371.105. RESPONSIBILITY FOR RELOCATION OF UTILITIES. |
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| 16 | 16 | | If the construction or maintenance of a toll project that is the |
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| 17 | 17 | | subject of a comprehensive development agreement requires the |
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| 18 | 18 | | relocation of utilities, the private entity is responsible for the |
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| 19 | 19 | | costs of the relocation. |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 2. Section 371.105, Transportation Code, as added |
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| 21 | 21 | | by this Act, applies only to a toll project that is the subject of a |
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| 22 | 22 | | comprehensive development agreement entered into on or after the |
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| 23 | 23 | | effective date of this Act. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 25 | 25 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 26 | 26 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 27 | 27 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 28 | 28 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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