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  89R9815 CXP-D     By: Gerdes, Canales, et al. H.B. No. 2876       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   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.