By: Harper-Brown, et al. H.B. No. 2585
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2585By: Eltife By: Eltife
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2013;
May 7, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Business
and Commerce; May 15, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0;
May 15, 2013, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the reimbursement of utilities for relocation of
utility facilities following improvement or construction of
certain tolled highways.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 203.092(a-1), (a-2), and (a-3),
Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(3), the department and
the utility shall share equally the cost of the relocation of a
utility facility that is [made before September 1, 2013, and]
required by the improvement of a nontolled highway to add one or
more tolled lanes. [This subsection expires September 1, 2013.]
(a-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(3), the department and
the utility shall share equally the cost of the relocation of a
utility facility that is [made before September 1, 2013, and]
required by the improvement of a nontolled highway that has been
converted to a turnpike project or toll project. [This subsection
expires September 1, 2013.]
(a-3) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(3), the department and
the utility shall share equally the cost of the relocation of a
utility facility that is [made before September 1, 2013, and]
required by the construction on a new location of a turnpike project
or toll project or the expansion of such a turnpike project or toll
project. [This subsection expires September 1, 2013.]
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 on the 91st day after the last day of the
legislative session.
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