83R10429 JTS-F
By: Lucio III H.B. No. 3129
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain comprehensive development agreements of the
Texas Department of Transportation or a regional mobility
authority.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 223.201(j), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(j) Before the department may enter into a comprehensive
development agreement under Subsection (f), the department must:
(1) obtain, not later than August 31, 2015 [2013], the
appropriate environmental clearance for any project other than the
State Highway 99 (Grand Parkway) project; and
(2) present to the commission a full financial plan
for the project, including costing methodology and cost proposals.
SECTION 2. Sections 223.2011(a), (c), and (f),
Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) Notwithstanding Sections 223.201(f) and 370.305(c), the
department or an authority under Section 370.003 may enter into a
comprehensive development agreement relating to improvements to,
or construction of:
(1) the Loop 1 (MoPac Improvement) project from
Farm-to-Market Road 734 to Cesar Chavez Street;
(2) the U.S. 183 (Bergstrom Expressway) project from
Springdale Road to Patton Avenue; or
(3) one or more projects [a project] consisting of the
construction of:
(A) the Outer Parkway Project from U.S. Highway
77/83 to Farm-to-Market Road 1847; and
(B) the South Padre Island Second Access Causeway
Project from State Highway 100 to Park Road 100.
(c) Not later than December 1, 2014 [2012], the department
or the authority, as applicable, shall present a report to the
commission on the status of a project described by Subsection
(a). The report must include:
(1) the status of the project's environmental
clearance;
(2) an explanation of any project delays that were not
explained in a previous report made to the commission under this
section; and
(3) if the procurement is not completed, the
anticipated date for the completion of the procurement.
(f) The authority to enter into a comprehensive development
agreement under this section expires August 31, 2017 [2015].
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, 2013.