| 1 | 1 | | 87R11614 SRA-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Morales Shaw H.B. No. 4514 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to revenue enhancement by the Texas Transportation |
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| 8 | 8 | | Commission. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 201.109(b), Transportation Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (b) In carrying out this section, the commission shall |
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| 13 | 13 | | provide for: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) maximizing the generation of revenue from existing |
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| 15 | 15 | | assets of the department, including real estate and rights-of-way; |
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| 16 | 16 | | (2) increasing the role of the private sector and |
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| 17 | 17 | | public-private projects in the leasing of real estate and other |
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| 18 | 18 | | assets in the development of highway projects; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (3) setting and attempting to meet annual revenue |
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| 20 | 20 | | enhancement goals; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (4) reporting on the progress in meeting revenue |
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| 22 | 22 | | enhancement goals in the department's annual report; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (5) contracting for an independent audit of the |
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| 24 | 24 | | department's management and business operations in 2007 and each |
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| 25 | 25 | | 12th year after 2007; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (6) developing a cost-benefit analysis between the use |
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| 27 | 27 | | of local materials previously incorporated into roadways versus use |
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| 28 | 28 | | of materials blended or transported from other sources; [and] |
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| 29 | 29 | | (7) increasing private investment in the |
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| 30 | 30 | | transportation infrastructure, including the acquisition of |
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| 31 | 31 | | causeways, bridges, tunnels, turnpikes, or other transportation |
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| 32 | 32 | | facilities, in the border region, including the counties of |
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| 33 | 33 | | Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Brewster, Brooks, Cameron, Crockett, |
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| 34 | 34 | | Culberson, Dimmit, Duval, Edwards, El Paso, Frio, Hidalgo, |
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| 35 | 35 | | Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kerr, Kimble, |
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| 36 | 36 | | Kinney, Kleberg, La Salle, Live Oak, Maverick, McMullen, Medina, |
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| 37 | 37 | | Nueces, Pecos, Presidio, Real, Reeves, San Patricio, Starr, Sutton, |
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| 38 | 38 | | Terrell, Uvalde, Val Verde, Webb, Willacy, Zapata, and Zavala; and |
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| 39 | 39 | | (8) developing a cost-benefit analysis of the |
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| 40 | 40 | | potential local and state budget impacts of implementing new |
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| 41 | 41 | | highway design concepts, including highway capping and stitching |
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| 42 | 42 | | projects, highway capping projects that restore the historic urban |
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| 43 | 43 | | street grid and allow for dense walkable development, and projects |
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| 44 | 44 | | to convert highways to urban boulevards. |
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| 45 | 45 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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