| 1 | 1 | | By: Carona S.B. No. 384 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the promotion of toll projects by the Texas Department |
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| 7 | 7 | | of Transportation. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 228.004, Transportation Code, is amended |
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| 10 | 10 | | to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 228.004. [PROMOTION OF] TOLL PROJECT INFORMATION. |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) The department may, notwithstanding Chapter 2113, Government |
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| 13 | 13 | | Code, engage in marketing, advertising, and other activities to |
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| 14 | 14 | | provide information relating to the status of pending or ongoing |
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| 15 | 15 | | [promote the development and use of] toll projects and may enter |
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| 16 | 16 | | into contracts or agreements necessary to procure marketing, |
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| 17 | 17 | | advertising, or informational [other promotional] services from |
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| 18 | 18 | | outside service providers. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) This section does not authorize the department to engage |
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| 20 | 20 | | in marketing, advertising, or other activities for the purpose of |
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| 21 | 21 | | influencing public opinion about the use of toll roads or the use of |
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| 22 | 22 | | tolls as a financial mechanism. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 24 | 24 | | to a contract or agreement entered into or renewed under Section |
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| 25 | 25 | | 228.004, Transportation Code, on or after the effective date of |
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| 26 | 26 | | this Act. A contract or agreement entered into or renewed under |
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| 27 | 27 | | that section before the effective date of this Act is governed by |
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| 28 | 28 | | the law in effect immediately before that date, and that law is |
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| 29 | 29 | | continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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