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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the composition, governance, and authority of a |
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regional tollway authority that has or proposes to have projects |
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located in counties that are not part of the authority. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 366.031, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(e) A county that is not part of an authority and in which an |
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authority turnpike project is located becomes part of the authority |
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on the date the authority determines that: |
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(1) recorded electronic toll collections at toll |
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assessment facilities located in the county account for not less |
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than four percent of all recorded electronic toll collections on |
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all of the authority's turnpike projects; and |
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(2) the population of the county is at least four |
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percent of the aggregate population of all the counties of the |
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authority, not including the county that will become part of the |
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authority. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 366, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 366.0311 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 366.0311. ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR PROJECTS LOCATED |
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OUTSIDE AUTHORITY. (a) At the time an authority enters into a |
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primary construction contract for its first project to be located |
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in a county that is not part of the authority, the authority shall |
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create an advisory committee to advise the board on matters related |
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to projects located in counties that are not part of the authority. |
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(b) The advisory committee must be composed of: |
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(1) the director of the authority appointed by the |
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governor, who serves as the chair of the committee; |
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(2) an additional director of the authority appointed |
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by the presiding officer of the board as the presiding officer deems |
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appropriate; and |
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(3) one member from each county that is not part of the |
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authority and in which a project is proposed to be located, to be |
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appointed by the commissioners court of that county at the time a |
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primary construction contract for the project is entered into. |
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(c) An advisory committee member appointed under Subsection |
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(b)(3) is not a director of the authority for the purposes of |
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Section 366.251 or any other purpose. |
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(d) The board may adopt rules governing the operation and |
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duties of an advisory committee. |
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SECTION 3. Section 366.161, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 366.161. TURNPIKE PROJECTS EXTENDING INTO OTHER |
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COUNTIES. An authority may acquire, construct, operate, maintain, |
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expand, or extend a turnpike project in: |
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(1) a county that is a part of the authority; or |
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(2) subject to Sections 366.031(e) and 366.0311, a |
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county in which the authority operates or is constructing a |
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turnpike project if the turnpike project in the affected county is a |
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continuation of the authority's turnpike project or system |
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extending from an adjacent county. |
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SECTION 4. Section 366.251(c), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) In addition to directors appointed by a commissioners |
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court under Subsection (b), the commissioners courts of each county |
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that created the authority under Section 366.031 [of the authority] |
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shall appoint one additional director [if the county is:
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[(1)
a county that created the authority under Section
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366.031; or
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[(2)
a county in which all or part of a turnpike
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project of not less than 10 centerline miles in length is located
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and has been open for use by the traveling public for at least three
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years]. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |