SRC-MSY S.B. 716 78(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 716
78R4843 JTS-FBy: Lindsay
Infrastructure Development and Security
3/5/2003
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Current law allowing certain eligible counties to construct and maintain
toll roads are not clear as to whether such projects may include a toll
road project located entirely outside of the eligible county's borders.
As proposed, S.B. 716 amends Chapter 294 of the Transportation Code to
clearly allow eligible counties to construct, operate, and maintain a toll
road project that is located exclusively in adjacent counties, provided
that the action has been approved by the adjacent county's commissioner's
court. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to
a state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 284.003, Transportation Code, by creating
Subdivisions (1)(A) and (1)(B) from existing text and adding Subdivision
(1)(C) to authorize a county to construct, acquire, improve, operate,
maintain, or pool a project located in one or more counties adjacent to
the county. Makes conforming and nonsubstantive changes. 

SECTION 2.  Amends Section 284.067(d), Transportation Code, to make a
conforming change. 

SECTION 3.  Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2003.