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| 7 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 7 | | relating to prohibiting the temporary closure of segments of the |
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| 10 | 8 | | state highway system on days that certain scheduled events are |
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| 11 | 9 | | being held. |
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| 12 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 223, Transportation Code, |
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| 14 | 12 | | is amended by adding Section 223.051 to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 13 | | Sec. 223.051. NOTIFICATION BY MUNICIPALITY OF SCHEDULED |
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| 16 | 14 | | EVENT. A contract for an improvement to a segment of the state |
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| 17 | 15 | | highway system must prohibit a contractor from temporarily closing |
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| 18 | 16 | | the highway, including temporarily relocating or changing an |
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| 19 | 17 | | entrance or exit ramp to or from the highway, on the date that an |
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| 20 | 18 | | event is scheduled to be held in a municipality in which the |
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| 21 | 19 | | improvement is being proposed if, not later than 180 days before the |
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| 22 | 20 | | date that the event is scheduled to be held, the municipality |
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| 23 | 21 | | notifies the department and the contractor of the date. |
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| 24 | 22 | | SECTION 2. Section 223.051, Transportation Code, as added |
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| 25 | 23 | | by this Act, applies only to a contract entered into on or after the |
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| 26 | 24 | | effective date of this Act. A contract entered into before the |
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| 27 | 25 | | effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the |
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| 28 | 26 | | date the contract was entered into, and the former law is continued |
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| 29 | 27 | | in effect for that purpose. |
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| 30 | 28 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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