85R9074 AAF-D
By: White H.B. No. 2026
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a study by the Texas Department of Transportation on
expanding and improving U.S. Highway 287 to meet interstate highway
standards.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 201, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 201.623 to read as follows:
Sec. 201.623. STUDY OF U.S. HIGHWAY 287. (a) The
department shall conduct a study of and make recommendations on
expanding and improving U.S. Highway 287 to meet interstate highway
standards and securing funding for the expansion and improvement.
(b) In conducting the study, the department shall consult
with the counties in which U.S. Highway 287 is located and
municipalities located in those counties.
(c) Not later than September 1, 2018, the department shall
submit to the legislature a report containing the findings of the
study and any recommendations.
(d) This section expires January 1, 2019.
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.