85R2747 JAM-D
By: Raymond H.B. No. 141
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to prohibiting the operation of State Highway 255 as a toll
project.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter E, Chapter 228,
Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER E. LIMITATION ON TOLL FACILITY DESIGNATION
[DETERMINATION]; CONVERSION OF NONTOLLED STATE HIGHWAY
SECTION 2. Section 228.201, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) The department may not operate any part of State Highway
255 in Webb County as a toll project.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.