85R9491 JTS-D
By: Martinez H.B. No. 1796
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of comprehensive development agreements for
certain highway projects in Cameron and Hidalgo Counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 223, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 223.2014 to read as follows:
Sec. 223.2014. ADDITIONAL DEPARTMENT AND REGIONAL MOBILITY
AUTHORITY COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS IN CAMERON AND
HIDALGO COUNTIES. (a) The department or an authority under Section
370.003 may enter into a comprehensive development agreement
relating to improvements to, or construction of, all or part of:
(1) the Outer Parkway project in Cameron County from
U.S. Highway 77 to Farm-to-Market Road 1847;
(2) the South Padre Island Second Access Causeway
project from State Highway 100 to Park Road 100;
(3) the Hidalgo County Loop project;
(4) the International Bridge Trade Corridor project;
(5) the Farm-to-Market 1925 project in Cameron and
Hidalgo Counties;
(6) the U.S. Highway 83 La Joya Relief Route project in
Hidalgo County; and
(7) the State Highway 68 project in Hidalgo County.
(b) This section expires August 31, 2021.
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, 2017.