By:  Wentworth                                         S.B. No. 926
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                                       AN ACT
 1-1     relating to the pooling of turnpike projects.
 1-2           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-3           SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 361.331, Transportation
 1-4     Code, is amended to read as follows:
 1-5           (a)  After the authority conducts a public hearing in each
 1-6     affected county, and with the approval of the commission, the [The]
 1-7     authority may designate as a pooled turnpike project two or more
 1-8     turnpike projects that are wholly or partly located in the
 1-9     territory of:
1-10                 (1)  a metropolitan planning organization; or
1-11                 (2)  two adjacent districts of the department [as a
1-12     pooled turnpike project after:]
1-13                 [(1)  conducting a public hearing in each affected
1-14     county; and]
1-15                 [(2)  obtaining the approval of the commission].
1-16           SECTION 2.  Subsection (d), Section 361.331, Transportation
1-17     Code, is repealed.