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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to nontolled lanes on a highway that has been converted |
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from a nontolled highway to a toll project. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 228.201, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) In determining the number of nontolled lanes required to |
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comply with Subsection (a)(3), the department may consider only a |
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general-purpose lane that is part of the highway and may not include |
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a lane of a frontage road. |
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SECTION 2. Section 228.201(c), Transportation Code, as |
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added by this Act, applies only to a highway reconstruction in |
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accordance with Section 228.201(a)(3), Transportation Code, that |
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is begun on or after the effective date of this Act. A |
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reconstruction begun before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect when the reconstruction began, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |