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| 1 | 1 | 86R866 AAF-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Guerra H.B. No. 417 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to economic impact reviews conducted by the Texas | |
| 8 | 8 | Transportation Commission. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 201, Transportation Code, | |
| 11 | 11 | is amended by adding Section 201.605 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 201.605. ECONOMIC IMPACT REVIEW. (a) The commission | |
| 13 | 13 | by rule shall provide for the commission's review of the economic | |
| 14 | 14 | impact of the department's transportation projects on businesses | |
| 15 | 15 | located in the area of a project. The rules must provide for: | |
| 16 | 16 | (1) public comment on the commission's economic impact | |
| 17 | 17 | reviews, including the types of projects for which public hearings | |
| 18 | 18 | are required, and a procedure for requesting a public hearing on an | |
| 19 | 19 | economic impact review for which a public hearing is not required; | |
| 20 | 20 | (2) the commission's evaluation of direct and indirect | |
| 21 | 21 | effects of the department's projects; | |
| 22 | 22 | (3) analysis of project alternatives; and | |
| 23 | 23 | (4) a written report that briefly explains the | |
| 24 | 24 | commission's decision on a project and that specifies any | |
| 25 | 25 | mitigation measures on economic harm on which the project is | |
| 26 | 26 | conditioned. | |
| 27 | 27 | (b) An economic impact review of a project must be conducted | |
| 28 | 28 | in the time required for an environmental review of the project. | |
| 29 | 29 | (c) The commission shall consider the results of its reviews | |
| 30 | 30 | in executing its duties. | |
| 31 | 31 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |