86R13990 BEE-D
By: Muñoz, Jr. H.B. No. 4576
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to major thoroughfare plans adopted by certain
metropolitan planning organizations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 472, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 472.037 to read as follows:
Sec. 472.037. MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN. (a) This section
applies only to a metropolitan planning organization responsible
for transportation planning for a county that:
(1) is located on an international border; and
(2) has a population of at least 700,000 and not more
than 800,000.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law and to the extent allowed
by federal law, the policy board of a metropolitan planning
organization to which this section applies shall include in any
major thoroughfare plan adopted by the policy board a portion of a
roadway that:
(1) connects two major arterial thoroughfares that
lead into a municipality that is located on an international
border;
(2) consists of approximately one mile of two-lane
roadway extending east and west between two state highways, the
east segment of which consists of approximately 3,200 feet of
concrete pavement with partial curb and the west segment of which
consists of approximately 2,100 feet of hot mix pavement with no
curb; and
(3) is classified as a minor collector connecting two
principal arterial thoroughfares and considered on-system.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, a metropolitan planning organization subject to
Section 472.037, Transportation Code, as added by this Act, shall
adopt a major thoroughfare plan in accordance with that section.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.