Texas 2017 85th 1st C.S.

Texas House Bill HB361 Introduced / Bill

Filed 07/31/2017

                    85S12030 JAM-D
 By: Dale H.B. No. 361


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the construction of transportation projects by certain
 regional mobility authorities.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 370, Transportation Code,
 is amended by adding Section 370.1791 to read as follows:
 Sec. 370.1791.  CONSTRUCTION OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECT BY
 CERTAIN AUTHORITIES PROHIBITED. An authority may not construct a
 transportation project if the authority operates a turnpike project
 that does not provide at least one adjacent nontolled lane of
 frontage road for each direction of travel of the turnpike project.
 SECTION 2.  Section 370.1791, Transportation Code, as added
 by this Act, applies only to a transportation project for which a
 contract for financing, construction, or operation is entered into
 on or after the effective date of this Act.
 SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect December 1, 2017.