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1-17 Code, is repealed.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 926 passed the Senate on
April 19, 1999, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 926 passed the House on
May 22, 1999, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor