By: Shaheen H.B. No. 3456
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the types of highway projects for which the Texas
Department of Transportation is required to hold a hearing.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 203, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 203.023 to read as follows:
Sec. 203.023. SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE IN LAYOUT OR FUNCTION.
The commission by rule shall require a hearing for projects that
substantially change the layout or function of a connecting roadway
or an existing facility, including the addition of managed lanes,
high-occupancy vehicle lanes, bicycle lanes, bus lanes, and transit
lanes.
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.