| 1 | 1 | | By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 981 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Filed February 21, 2017; March 6, 2017, |
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| 3 | 3 | | read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; |
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| 4 | 4 | | April 6, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8, |
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| 5 | 5 | | Nays 1; April 6, 2017, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 9 | 9 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 11 | | relating to the compatibility of a high-speed rail facility with |
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| 12 | 12 | | multiple types of train technology. |
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| 13 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 112, Transportation Code, |
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| 15 | 15 | | is amended by adding Section 112.063 to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | Sec. 112.063. HIGH-SPEED RAIL TECHNOLOGIES. (a) In this |
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| 17 | 17 | | section: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) "High-speed rail" means intercity passenger |
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| 19 | 19 | | service that is reasonably expected to reach speeds of at least 110 |
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| 20 | 20 | | miles per hour. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) "Rail facility" has the meaning assigned by |
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| 22 | 22 | | Section 91.001. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (b) A private entity that constructs a rail facility for |
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| 24 | 24 | | high-speed rail service shall ensure that the facility is |
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| 25 | 25 | | compatible with more than one type of train technology. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (c) The department shall adopt rules as necessary to |
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| 27 | 27 | | implement this section. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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