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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the construction of nontolled frontage roads adjacent |
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to certain toll projects. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 372, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 372.059 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 372.059. CONSTRUCTION OF NONTOLLED FRONTAGE ROAD |
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REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN TOLL PROJECTS. (a) Except as provided by |
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Section 228.201, a toll project entity may not construct a toll |
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project along the route of a previously nontolled highway unless |
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the entity constructs at least one adjacent nontolled lane of |
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frontage road for each direction of travel of the toll project. |
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(b) The lanes of frontage road described by Subsection (a) |
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shall be maintained by the entity that had authority over the |
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previously nontolled highway along which the toll project is |
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constructed. |
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SECTION 2. Section 372.059, Transportation Code, as added |
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by this Act, applies only to a toll project for which a contract for |
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financing, construction, or operation is entered into on or after |
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the effective date of this Act. A toll project for which a contract |
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was entered into before the effective date of this Act is governed |
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by the law as it existed at the time the contract was entered into, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |