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AN ACT
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relating to the use of the state highway fund to participate in the |
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costs associated with a toll facility of a public or private entity. |
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�������BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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�������SECTION�1.��Section 222.001, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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�������Sec.�222.001.��USE OF STATE HIGHWAY FUND. (a)��Money that is |
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required to be used for public roadways by the Texas Constitution or |
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federal law and that is deposited in the state treasury to the |
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credit of the state highway fund, including money deposited to the |
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credit of the state highway fund under Title 23, United States Code, |
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may be used only: |
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�������������(1)��to improve the state highway system; |
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�������������(2)��to mitigate adverse environmental effects that |
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result directly from construction or maintenance of a state highway |
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by the department; or |
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�������������(3)��by the Department of Public Safety to police the |
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state highway system and to administer state laws relating to |
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traffic and safety on public roads. |
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�������(b)��Notwithstanding Section 222.103, the department may not |
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pledge or otherwise encumber money deposited in the state highway |
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fund to: |
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�������������(1)��guarantee a loan obtained by a public or private |
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entity for costs associated with a toll facility of the public or |
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private entity; or |
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�������������(2)��insure bonds issued by a public or private entity |
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for costs associated with a toll facility of the public or private |
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entity. |
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�������SECTION�2.��Subsection (b), Section 222.001, Transportation |
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Code, as added by this Act, applies only to an agreement to pledge |
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or otherwise encumber money in the state highway fund that is |
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entered into on or after the effective date of this Act, except that |
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that section does not apply to an agreement to pledge or otherwise |
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encumber money in the state highway fund that is associated with the |
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following projects, regardless of whether the agreement is |
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finalized on or after the effective date of this Act: |
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�������������(1)��the State Highway 161 project in Dallas County; |
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�������������(2)��the Southwest Parkway (State Highway 121) in |
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Tarrant County from Interstate Highway 30 to Dirks Road/Altamesa |
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Boulevard and the Chisholm Trail project from Dirks Road/Altamesa |
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Boulevard to U.S. Highway 67 in the city of Cleburne; |
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�������������(3)��a project associated with the highway designated |
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as the Trinity Parkway in the city of Dallas; |
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�������������(4)��the Grand Parkway project (State Highway 99); |
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�������������(5)��the Hidalgo Loop project in Hidalgo County from |
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U.S. Highway 83 near the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge to the |
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U.S. Highway 83 Expressway in Penitas to U.S. Highway 281 north of |
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Edinburg to U.S. Highway 83 west of Farm-to-Market Road 1423 to U.S. |
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Highway 83 near the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge; |
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�������������(6)��the U.S. Highway 290 project from east of U.S. |
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Highway 183 to east of Farm-to-Market Road 734 in Travis County; |
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�������������(7)��the State Highway 71 East project from Riverside |
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Drive east to east of State Highway 130 and including the |
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interchange at State Highway 71 East/U.S. Highway 183 South in |
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Travis County; |
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�������������(8)��the U.S. Highway 183 South project from Springdale |
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Road south to State Highway 71 East in Travis County; |
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�������������(9)��the Loop 1 added capacity project, comprised of |
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the addition of a managed lane on Loop 1 from Parmer Lane to State |
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Highway 45 South in Travis County; |
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�������������(10)��any transaction related to the acquisition by a |
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regional mobility authority, a regional tollway authority, or a |
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county acting under Chapter 284 of a toll project of the department |
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all or a portion of which was existing and in operation prior to |
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September 1, 2009; |
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�������������(11)��any transaction related to the assumption by a |
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regional mobility authority, a regional tollway authority, or a |
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county acting under Chapter 284 of the operations of a toll project |
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of the department all or a portion of which was existing and in |
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operation prior to September 1, 2009; |
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�������������(12)��the Loop 49 project from U.S. Highway 69 north of |
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Lindale to State Highway 110 in Smith County; or |
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�������������(13)��the U.S. Highway 281 project in Bexar County from |
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Loop 1604 to the Comal County line and including five direct |
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connectors at the Loop 1604/U.S. Highway 281 interchange. |
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�������SECTION�3.��This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.��If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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______________________________ |
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���President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House����� |
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�������I hereby certify that S.B.�No.�883 passed the Senate on |
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May�5,�2009, by the following vote:��Yeas�28, Nays�1. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate���� |
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�������I hereby certify that S.B.�No.�883 passed the House on |
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May�27,�2009, by the following vote:��Yeas�148, Nays�0, one |
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present not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House��� |
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Approved: |
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������������Date |
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______________________________� |
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����������Governor |