By: Cain H.B. No. 4539
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to prohibiting tolls on certain segments of State Highway
  146.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 228, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 228.060 to read as follows:
         Sec. 228.060.  PROHIBITION OF TOLLS ON CERTAIN SEGMENTS OF
  STATE HIGHWAY 146. The department may not charge a toll, either
  directly or indirectly through an agreement with another entity, on
  a segment of State Highway 146 that:
         (1)  is located within Harris County;
         (2)  between State Highway 225 and State Highway 146; and
         (3)  contains the Fred Hartman Bridge.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2021.