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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the construction of transportation projects by certain |
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regional mobility authorities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 370, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 370.1791 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 370.1791. CONSTRUCTION OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECT BY |
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CERTAIN AUTHORITIES PROHIBITED. An authority may not construct a |
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transportation project if the authority operates a turnpike project |
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that does not provide at least one adjacent nontolled lane of |
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frontage road for each direction of travel of the turnpike project. |
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SECTION 2. Section 370.1791, Transportation Code, as added |
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by this Act, applies only to a transportation project for which a |
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contract for financing, construction, or operation is entered into |
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on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect December 1, 2017. |