84R10869 JXC-D
By: Anchia H.B. No. 3673
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to land use requirements for certain toll projects.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 26, Parks and Wildlife Code, is amended
by adding Section 26.005 to read as follows:
Sec. 26.005. LAND USE REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN TOLL
PROJECTS. (a) In this section, "toll project" and "toll project
entity" have the meanings assigned by Section 372.001,
Transportation Code.
(b) A toll project entity may not construct or operate a
toll project connecting Interstate Highway 35E and U.S. Highway 175
within the boundaries of a publicly owned greenbelt or other
similar open space that is preserved in a natural state and is
accessible to the public unless the governing body of the entity
demonstrates, in a written report submitted to the legislature,
that the entity or a political subdivision has, with respect to the
project, complied with the requirements of:
(1) Section 4(f), Department of Transportation Act of
1966 (23 U.S.C. Section 138 and 49 U.S.C. Section 303); or
(2) this chapter, if the entity or political
subdivision is unable to demonstrate compliance with the
requirements under Subdivision (1).
(c) For the purposes of complying with Subsection (b), land
proposed to be used for a toll project is considered to be land to
which a law described by Subsection (b)(1) or (2) applies.
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 September 1, 2015.