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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the cessation of tolls on certain toll projects and the |
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disposition of money appropriated for those projects. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 228, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 228.207 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 228.207. CÉSAR CHÁVEZ BORDER HIGHWAY. (a) The |
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Department may not operate, either directly or through an agreement |
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with another entity, any portion of Loop 375 in El Paso County |
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between Interstate Highway 10 and Santa Fe Street as a toll project. |
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(b) The Department shall maintain the highway described by |
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Subsection (a) as part of the state highway system without tolls. |
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(c) Any outstanding balances of funds owed to the Department |
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for César Chávez Freeway shall be transferred and added to the |
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obligation on the Loop 375 Border Highway West Project in El Paso |
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County from Race Track Drive to U.S. Highway 54, or any other terms |
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agreeable to the Department. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |