1-1 By: Wentworth S.B. No. 926
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 5, 1999; March 8, 1999, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
1-4 April 7, 1999, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9,
1-5 Nays 0; April 7, 1999, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the pooling of turnpike projects.
1-9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10 SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 361.331, Transportation
1-11 Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-12 (a) After the authority conducts a public hearing in each
1-13 affected county, and with the approval of the commission, the [The]
1-14 authority may designate as a pooled turnpike project two or more
1-15 turnpike projects that are wholly or partly located in the
1-16 territory of:
1-17 (1) a metropolitan planning organization; or
1-18 (2) two adjacent districts of the department [as a
1-19 pooled turnpike project after:]
1-20 [(1) conducting a public hearing in each affected
1-21 county; and]
1-22 [(2) obtaining the approval of the commission].
1-23 SECTION 2. Subsection (d), Section 361.331, Transportation
1-24 Code, is repealed.
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