82R1396 JAM-D
By: McClendon, Harper-Brown H.B. No. 634
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to toll project information provided by the Texas
Department of Transportation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 228.004, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 228.004. [PROMOTION OF] TOLL PROJECT INFORMATION. (a)
The department may, notwithstanding Chapter 2113, Government Code:
(1) [,] engage in marketing, advertising, and other
activities to provide information relating to:
(A) the status of pending or ongoing [promote the
development and use of] toll projects; or
(B) the use and availability of toll tags or
other toll-related resources available to the public; and
(2) [may] enter into contracts or agreements necessary
to procure marketing, advertising, or informational [other
promotional] services from outside service providers to provide the
information described by Subdivision (1).
(b) This section does not authorize the department to engage
in marketing, advertising, or other activities for the purpose of
influencing public opinion about the use of toll roads or the use of
tolls as a financial mechanism or promoting or advocating for the
benefits of toll roads.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a contract or agreement entered into or renewed under Section
228.004, Transportation Code, on or after the effective date of
this Act. A contract or agreement entered into or renewed under
that section before the effective date of this Act is governed by
the law in effect immediately before that date, and that law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.