TITLE: Relating to the amendment of an existing comprehensive development agreement for a portion of State Highway 130 to facilitate nontolled transportation projects.

SUMMARY: Relating to the amendment of an existing comprehensive development agreement for a portion of State Highway 130 to facilitate nontolled transportation projects.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the amendment of an existing comprehensive development agreement for a portion of State Highway 130 to facilitate nontolled transportation projects. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 223.208, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Subsections (i), (j), and (k) to read as follows: (i) Notwithstanding Subsection (h), the department shall amend a comprehensive development agreement entered into on or before March 22, 2007, for State Highway 130 from U.S. Highway 183 to Interstate Highway 10 (Segments 5 and 6) to extend the term of the agreement for up to 20 additional years if the amendment: (1) outlines the public benefit to be derived from extending the term; and (2) requires the private participant to provide consideration in the manner or amount agreed to by the department and the private participant in accordance with the requirements of the amendment. (j) Any funds received under Subsection (i)(2) must be used by the department, or on behalf of the department using the department's procurement process, for the design, financing, construction, maintenance, and operation of nontolled transportation projects between Interstate Highway 35 and State Highway 130 to be located wholly or partly in a county in which the project that is the subject of the comprehensive development agreement described by Subsection (i) is located. Each nontolled transportation project under this subsection must be approved by the county in which the project is located before the expenditure of funds by the department or on the department's behalf. (k) Not later than December 1, 2026, the department shall report on the implementation of the amendment to the comprehensive development agreement described by Subsection (i) to the presiding officer of each standing committee of the legislature with primary jurisdiction over the department. This subsection expires September 1, 2027. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.