87R11614 SRA-F
By: Morales Shaw H.B. No. 4514
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to revenue enhancement by the Texas Transportation
Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 201.109(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) In carrying out this section, the commission shall
provide for:
(1) maximizing the generation of revenue from existing
assets of the department, including real estate and rights-of-way;
(2) increasing the role of the private sector and
public-private projects in the leasing of real estate and other
assets in the development of highway projects;
(3) setting and attempting to meet annual revenue
enhancement goals;
(4) reporting on the progress in meeting revenue
enhancement goals in the department's annual report;
(5) contracting for an independent audit of the
department's management and business operations in 2007 and each
12th year after 2007;
(6) developing a cost-benefit analysis between the use
of local materials previously incorporated into roadways versus use
of materials blended or transported from other sources; [and]
(7) increasing private investment in the
transportation infrastructure, including the acquisition of
causeways, bridges, tunnels, turnpikes, or other transportation
facilities, in the border region, including the counties of
Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Brewster, Brooks, Cameron, Crockett,
Culberson, Dimmit, Duval, Edwards, El Paso, Frio, Hidalgo,
Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kerr, Kimble,
Kinney, Kleberg, La Salle, Live Oak, Maverick, McMullen, Medina,
Nueces, Pecos, Presidio, Real, Reeves, San Patricio, Starr, Sutton,
Terrell, Uvalde, Val Verde, Webb, Willacy, Zapata, and Zavala; and
(8) developing a cost-benefit analysis of the
potential local and state budget impacts of implementing new
highway design concepts, including highway capping and stitching
projects, highway capping projects that restore the historic urban
street grid and allow for dense walkable development, and projects
to convert highways to urban boulevards.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.