| 1 | 1 | | 85R289 JRR-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Leach H.B. No. 1071 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to a study by the Texas Department of Transportation of the |
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| 8 | 8 | | alignment for the proposed Regional Outer Loop project in certain |
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| 9 | 9 | | counties. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 201, Transportation Code, |
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| 12 | 12 | | is amended by adding Section 201.623 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 201.623. STUDY OF REGIONAL OUTER LOOP PROJECT. (a) |
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| 14 | 14 | | The department shall conduct a study of and make recommendations |
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| 15 | 15 | | for the alignment of the proposed Regional Outer Loop project in |
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| 16 | 16 | | Collin, Rockwall, Kaufman, Dallas, and Ellis Counties between |
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| 17 | 17 | | Dallas North Tollway in Collin County and U.S. Highway 67 in Ellis |
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| 18 | 18 | | County. The study must identify: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) locally preferred alignments for the proposed |
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| 20 | 20 | | Regional Outer Loop project; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) right-of-way needs; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | (3) potential development options. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (b) In conducting the study, the department shall consult |
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| 24 | 24 | | with the counties described by Subsection (a) and municipalities |
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| 25 | 25 | | located in those counties. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (c) Not later than January 1, 2019, the department shall |
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| 27 | 27 | | submit to the legislature a report containing the findings of the |
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| 28 | 28 | | study and any recommendations. |
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| 29 | 29 | | (d) This section expires August 31, 2019. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 31 | 31 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 32 | 32 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 33 | 33 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 34 | 34 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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