86R1199 JRR-D
By: Perry S.B. No. 176
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a study by the Texas Department of Transportation of the
feasibility of certain improvements to Interstate Highway 27.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) In this Act:
(1) "Improvement" has the meaning assigned by Section
221.001, Transportation Code.
(2) "Port of entry" has the meaning assigned by
Section 621.001, Transportation Code.
(b) The Texas Department of Transportation shall conduct a
study of the feasibility of and the costs and logistical matters
associated with improvements that would extend Interstate Highway
27:
(1) from its southern terminus to Interstate Highway
20;
(2) from Interstate Highway 20 to Interstate Highway
10; and
(3) from Interstate Highway 10 to the port of entry
located in Laredo.
(c) Not later than January 1, 2021, the department shall
submit a report on the results of the study to the governor, the
lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives,
and the presiding officer of each standing committee of the
legislature with jurisdiction over transportation matters.
(d) This Act expires August 31, 2021.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.