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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the imposition of tolls on Fairmont Parkway in Harris |
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County. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 228.011(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) This section applies only to a county acting under |
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Chapter 284 for: |
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(1) the widening, expansion, reconstruction, and |
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continued operation of existing toll projects of the county; or |
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(2) the development, construction, and operation of |
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all or a portion of any of the following toll projects, a component |
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of that project, or the functional equivalent of that project: |
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(A) Beltway 8 Tollway East, between US 59 North |
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and US 90 East; |
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(B) Hardy Downtown Connector, consisting of the |
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proposed direct connection from the Hardy Toll Road southern |
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terminus at Loop 610 to downtown Houston; |
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(C) State Highway 288, between US 59 and Grand |
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Parkway South (State Highway 99); |
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(D) US 290 Toll Lanes, between IH 610 West and the |
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Grand Parkway Northwest (State Highway 99); |
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(E) [Fairmont Parkway East, between Beltway 8 |
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East and Grand Parkway East (State Highway 99); |
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[(F)] South Post Oak Road Extension, between IH |
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610 South and near the intersection of Beltway 8 and Hillcroft in |
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the vicinity of the Fort Bend Parkway Tollway; |
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(F) [(G)] Westpark Toll Road Phase II, between |
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Grand Parkway (State Highway 99) and FM 1463; |
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(G) [(H)] Fort Bend Parkway, between State |
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Highway 6 and the Brazos River; and |
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(H) [(I)] Montgomery County Parkway, between |
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State Highway 242 and the Grand Parkway (State Highway 99), and if |
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the Grand Parkway project has not begun construction, a nontolled |
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extension of the Montgomery County Parkway to allow a connection to |
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Interstate Highway 45. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 372, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 372.059 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 372.059. FAIRMONT PARKWAY. A toll project entity may |
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not impose a toll on any portion of Fairmont Parkway in Harris |
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County. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |