By Wentworth S.B. No. 926
76R7485 JD-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the pooling of turnpike projects.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 361.331(a), Transportation Code, is
1-5 amended to read as follows:
1-6 (a) After the authority conducts a public hearing in each
1-7 affected county, and with the approval of the commission, the [The]
1-8 authority may designate as a pooled turnpike project two or more
1-9 turnpike projects that are wholly or partly located in the
1-10 territory of:
1-11 (1) a metropolitan planning organization; or
1-12 (2) two adjacent districts of the department [as a
1-13 pooled turnpike project after:]
1-14 [(1) conducting a public hearing in each affected
1-15 county; and]
1-16 [(2) obtaining the approval of the commission].
1-17 SECTION 2. Section 361.331(d), Transportation Code, is
1-18 repealed.