Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 416 amends the Transportation Code to authorize the Texas Department of Transportation to pay a fee to an appropriate public agency or private entity, if authorized by the applicable regulatory authority, in lieu of acquiring or agreeing to manage property for the mitigation of an adverse environmental impact that is a direct result of a state highway improvement project. Previously limited to contracts with the Parks and Wildlife Department, the bill expands the entities with whom the department may contract for the management of such property to include any public or private entity.