| 1 | 1 | | 88R12669 AJZ-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hunter H.B. No. 2894 |
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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 the construction of a bridge crossing Laguna Madre. |
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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 H, Chapter 201, Transportation Code, |
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| 10 | 10 | | is amended by adding Section 201.625 to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 201.625. LAGUNA MADRE BRIDGE. (a) The department |
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| 12 | 12 | | shall: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (1) develop a plan, conduct an environmental review, |
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| 14 | 14 | | and propose a design for a bridge crossing Laguna Madre in Nueces or |
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| 15 | 15 | | Kleberg County in addition to the John F. Kennedy Memorial |
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| 16 | 16 | | Causeway; and |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2) on construction of the bridge described by |
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| 18 | 18 | | Subdivision (1), designate the bridge as part of the state highway |
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| 19 | 19 | | system. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (b) The bridge described by Subsection (a) must provide an |
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| 21 | 21 | | additional evacuation route for residents of North Padre Island in |
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| 22 | 22 | | the event of a hurricane or other natural disaster. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (c) The department shall include the bridge described by |
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| 24 | 24 | | this section in the unified transportation program under Subchapter |
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| 25 | 25 | | P. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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