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Senate Bill 1029 |
Senate Author: Campbell et al. |
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Effective: 6-14-13 |
House Sponsor: Phillips |
State law prohibits, with limited exceptions, the Texas Department of Transportation from operating a nontolled state highway or a segment of such a highway as a toll project and from transferring a nontolled highway or segment to another entity as a toll project. Senate Bill 1029 amends the Transportation Code to remove two exceptions to this prohibition: that the highway or segment was open to traffic as a turnpike project on or before September 1, 2005, and that the Texas Transportation Commission converts the highway or segment to a toll facility by specified means.
Senate Bill 1029 repeals provisions relating to the commission's authority to conduct such a conversion on making a determination that the conversion will improve regional mobility or is the most feasibly and economically sound means by which expansion, improvements, or extensions to that segment are accomplished; conducting a public hearing regarding the proposed conversion; and receiving the required county and voter approval for the conversion.