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1-18     repealed.