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1		-	H.B. No. 1079
	1	+	By: Price, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Perry) H.B. No. 1079
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 24, 2019;
	3	+	April 29, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
	4	+	Transportation; May 9, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable
	5	+	Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0;
	6	+	May 9, 2019, sent to printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
	8	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1079 By: Perry
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	11	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	12		AN ACT
5	13		relating to a study by the Texas Department of Transportation of the
6	14		Ports-to-Plains Corridor, including an evaluation of the
7	15		feasibility of certain improvements to Interstate Highway 27.
8	16		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	17		SECTION 1. (a) In this Act:
10	18		(1) "Advisory committee" means the Ports-to-Plains
11	19		Advisory Committee established under this section.
12	20		(2) "Department" means the Texas Department of
13	21		Transportation.
14	22		(3) "Improvement" has the meaning assigned by Section
15	23		221.001, Transportation Code.
16	24		(4) "Port of entry" has the meaning assigned by
17	25		Section 621.001, Transportation Code.
18	26		(5) "Ports-to-Plains Corridor" means the highways
19	27		designated as the Ports-to-Plains Corridor under Section 225.069,
20	28		Transportation Code.
21	29		(b) The department shall conduct a comprehensive study of
22	30		the Ports-to-Plains Corridor. The study must evaluate the
23	31		feasibility of, and the costs and logistical matters associated
24	32		with, improvements that create a continuous flow, four-lane divided
25	33		highway that meets interstate highway standards to the extent
26	34		possible, including improvements that:
27	35		(1) extend Interstate Highway 27:
28	36		(A) from its southern terminus to Interstate
29	37		Highway 20;
30	38		(B) from Interstate Highway 20 to Interstate
31	39		Highway 10; and
32	40		(C) from Interstate Highway 10 to the port of
33	41		entry located in Laredo;
34	42		(2) extend Interstate Highway 27:
35	43		(A) from its northern terminus to Dumas;
36	44		(B) from Dumas to Stratford; and
37	45		(C) from Stratford to the Oklahoma state border;
38	46		and
39	47		(3) extend Interstate Highway 27:
40	48		(A) from its northern terminus to Dumas;
41	49		(B) from Dumas to Dalhart; and
42	50		(C) from Dalhart to the New Mexico state border.
43	51		(c) In conducting the study under Subsection (b) of this
44	52		section, the department shall:
45	53		(1) use the reports submitted to the department by the
46	54		advisory committee under Subsection (j) of this section; and
47	55		(2) hold quarterly public meetings on a rotational
48	56		basis in Amarillo, Laredo, Lubbock, and San Angelo to gather public
49	57		feedback on improvements or expansions to the Ports-to-Plains
50	58		Corridor.
51	59		(d) The department shall establish a Ports-to-Plains
52	60		Advisory Committee to assist the department in conducting the study
53	61		under Subsection (b) of this section.
54	62		(e) The advisory committee is composed of:
55	63		(1) the county judge, or an elected county official or
56	64		the administrator of the county's road department, as designated by
57	65		the county judge, of each county along the Ports-to-Plains
58	66		Corridor, including the counties along the possible extensions of
59	67		Interstate Highway 27 described by Subsection (b) of this section;
60	68		and
61	69		(2) the mayor, or the city manager or assistant city
62	70		manager, as designated by the mayor, of Amarillo, Big Spring,
63	71		Carrizo Springs, Dalhart, Del Rio, Dumas, Eagle Pass, Eldorado,
64	72		Lamesa, Laredo, Lubbock, Midland, Odessa, San Angelo, Sonora,
65	73		Sterling City, Stratford, and Tahoka.
66	74		(f) The advisory committee shall meet at least twice each
67	75		year on a rotational basis in Lubbock and San Angelo.
68	76		(g) The department, in conjunction with the advisory
69	77		committee, shall establish segment committees for each geographic
70	78		segment along the Ports-to-Plains Corridor as determined by the
71	79		department. The segment committees are composed of:
72	80		(1) volunteers who may represent:
73	81		(A) municipalities, counties, metropolitan
74	82		planning organizations, ports, chambers of commerce, and economic
75	83		development organizations along that segment of the
76	84		Ports-to-Plains Corridor;
77	85		(B) the oil and gas industry; and
78	86		(C) the trucking industry;
79	87		(2) department representatives; and
80	88		(3) any other interested parties.
81	89		(h) A segment committee established under Subsection (g) of
82	90		this section for a segment along the Ports-to-Plains Corridor shall
83	91		submit a report to the advisory committee providing input for the
84	92		study conducted by the department under Subsection (b) of this
85	93		section. The report must include:
86	94		(1) an examination of the ability of the energy
87	95		industry to transport products to market;
88	96		(2) an evaluation of the economic development impacts
89	97		of the Ports-to-Plains Corridor, including whether the improvement
90	98		or expansion of the Ports-to-Plains Corridor would create
91	99		employment opportunities in this state;
92	100		(3) a determination of whether improvements or
93	101		expansion of the Ports-to-Plains Corridor would relieve traffic
94	102		congestion in the segment;
95	103		(4) an examination of freight movement along the
96	104		Ports-to-Plains Corridor;
97	105		(5) a determination and prioritization of
98	106		improvements and expansion of the Ports-to-Plains Corridor that are
99	107		warranted in order to promote safety and mobility, while maximizing
100	108		the use of existing highways to the greatest extent possible and
101	109		striving to protect private property as much as possible;
102	110		(6) a determination of the areas that are preferable
103	111		and suitable for interstate designation;
104	112		(7) an examination of project costs related to the
105	113		improvement or expansion of the Ports-to-Plains Corridor; and
106	114		(8) an assessment of federal, state, local, and
107	115		private funding sources for a project improving or expanding the
108	116		Ports-to-Plains Corridor.
109	117		(i) Not later than June 30, 2020, each segment committee
110	118		established under Subsection (g) of this section shall submit to
111	119		the advisory committee the report described by Subsection (h) of
112	120		this section, including priority recommendations for improvement
113	121		and expansion of the Ports-to-Plains Corridor.
114	122		(j) Not later than October 31, 2020, the advisory committee
115	123		shall review and compile the reports submitted by each segment
116	124		committee under Subsection (i) of this section and submit to the
117	125		department:
118	126		(1) the reports submitted by each segment committee;
119	127		and
120	128		(2) a summary and any recommendations based on those
121	129		reports.
122	130		(k) The advisory committee and each segment committee shall
123	131		conduct extensive public involvement campaigns for feedback on
124	132		preliminary recommendations made by the committees before
125	133		submitting the reports under Subsections (i) and (j) of this
126	134		section.
127	135		(l) Not later than January 1, 2021, the department shall
128	136		submit a report on the results of the study conducted under
129	137		Subsection (b) of this section to the governor, the lieutenant
130	138		governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the
131	139		presiding officer of each standing committee of the legislature
132	140		with jurisdiction over transportation matters.
133	141		(m) This Act expires August 31, 2021.
134	142		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
135	143		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
136	144		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
137	145		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
138	146		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
139		-	______________________________ ______________________________
140		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
141		-	I certify that H.B. No. 1079 was passed by the House on April
142		-	24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 1, 2 present, not
143		-	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
144		-	No. 1079 on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 126, Nays 16,
145		-	2 present, not voting.
146		-	______________________________
147		-	Chief Clerk of the House
148		-	I certify that H.B. No. 1079 was passed by the Senate, with
149		-	amendments, on May 15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays
150		-	1.
151		-	______________________________
152		-	Secretary of the Senate
153		-	APPROVED: __________________
154		-	Date
155		-	__________________
156		-	Governor
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