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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the prohibition of tolls on portions of State Highway |
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146 and State Highway 99. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter E, Chapter 228, |
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Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER E. LIMITATION ON TOLL FACILITY DESIGNATION, TOLL |
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COLLECTION, AND [;] CONVERSION OF NONTOLLED STATE HIGHWAY |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 228, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 228.202 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 228.202. TOLLS PROHIBITED ON PORTIONS OF STATE HIGHWAY |
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146 AND STATE HIGHWAY 99. The department may not charge a toll, |
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either directly or indirectly through an agreement with another |
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entity, on: |
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(1) the portion of State Highway 146 that crosses the |
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Houston Ship Channel; or |
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(2) the portion of State Highway 99 between its |
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intersection with State Highway 146 and its crossing of Cedar |
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Bayou. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |