| 1 | 1 | | 85R5181 JRR-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Burrows H.B. No. 869 |
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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 | | feasibility of certain improvements to Interstate Highway 27. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. (a) In this Act: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (1) "Improvement" has the meaning assigned by Section |
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| 12 | 12 | | 221.001, Transportation Code. |
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| 13 | 13 | | (2) "Port of entry" has the meaning assigned by |
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| 14 | 14 | | Section 621.001, Transportation Code. |
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| 15 | 15 | | (b) The Texas Department of Transportation shall conduct a |
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| 16 | 16 | | study of the feasibility of and the costs and logistical matters |
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| 17 | 17 | | associated with improvements that extend Interstate Highway 27: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) from its southern terminus to Interstate Highway |
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| 19 | 19 | | 20; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) from Interstate Highway 20 to Interstate Highway |
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| 21 | 21 | | 10; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | (3) from Interstate Highway 10 to the port of entry |
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| 23 | 23 | | located in Laredo. |
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| 24 | 24 | | (c) Not later than January 1, 2019, the department shall |
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| 25 | 25 | | submit a report on the results of the study to the governor, the |
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| 26 | 26 | | lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, |
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| 27 | 27 | | and the presiding officer of each standing committee of the |
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| 28 | 28 | | legislature with jurisdiction over transportation matters. |
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| 29 | 29 | | (d) This Act 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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