88R12669 AJZ-D
By: Hunter H.B. No. 2894
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the construction of a bridge crossing Laguna Madre.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 201, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 201.625 to read as follows:
Sec. 201.625. LAGUNA MADRE BRIDGE. (a) The department
shall:
(1) develop a plan, conduct an environmental review,
and propose a design for a bridge crossing Laguna Madre in Nueces or
Kleberg County in addition to the John F. Kennedy Memorial
Causeway; and
(2) on construction of the bridge described by
Subdivision (1), designate the bridge as part of the state highway
system.
(b) The bridge described by Subsection (a) must provide an
additional evacuation route for residents of North Padre Island in
the event of a hurricane or other natural disaster.
(c) The department shall include the bridge described by
this section in the unified transportation program under Subchapter
P.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.