By: Williams S.B. No. 1719
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain comprehensive development agreements of the
Texas Department of Transportation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 223, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 223.2012 to read as follows:
Sec. 223.2012. NO EFFECT ON DEPARTMENT OBLIGATIONS. Any
authority for the Texas Department of Transportation to enter into
a comprehensive development agreement relating to improvements to
Grand Parkway (State Highway 99) does not affect the obligation of
the department to comply with the applicable requirements of an
agreement entered into under Section 228.0111, in connection with
the Grand Parkway project, including complying with the terms and
conditions for the development, construction, and operation of the
Grand Parkway that are prescribed in such an agreement.
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 receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act
takes effect September 1, 2011.