| 1 | 1 | | By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 2053 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the use of comprehensive development agreements for |
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| 7 | 7 | | certain highway projects in Cameron and Hidalgo Counties. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 223, Transportation Code, |
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| 10 | 10 | | is amended by adding Section 223.2014 to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 223.2014. ADDITIONAL DEPARTMENT AND REGIONAL MOBILITY |
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| 12 | 12 | | AUTHORITY COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS IN CAMERON AND |
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| 13 | 13 | | HIDALGO COUNTIES. (a) The department or an authority under |
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| 14 | 14 | | Section 370.003 may enter into a comprehensive development |
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| 15 | 15 | | agreement relating to improvements to, or construction of, all or |
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| 16 | 16 | | part of: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) the South Padre Island Second Access Causeway |
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| 18 | 18 | | project from State Highway 100 to Park Road 100; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) the Hidalgo County Loop project; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (3) the International Bridge Trade Corridor project in |
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| 21 | 21 | | Hidalgo County; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (4) the Farm-to-Market 1925 project in Cameron and |
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| 23 | 23 | | Hidalgo Counties; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (5) the U.S. Highway 83 La Joya Relief Route project in |
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| 25 | 25 | | Hidalgo County; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | (6) the State Highway 68 project in Hidalgo County. |
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| 27 | 27 | | (b) This section expires August 31, 2021. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 29 | 29 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 30 | 30 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 31 | 31 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 32 | 32 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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