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| 1 | 1 | 87R906 MP-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Middleton H.B. No. 1508 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the cessation of tolls on segments of State Highway 99 | |
| 8 | 8 | located in certain counties. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 228, Transportation Code, | |
| 11 | 11 | is amended by adding Section 228.060 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 228.060. CESSATION OF TOLLS ON STATE HIGHWAY 99 IN | |
| 13 | 13 | CERTAIN COUNTIES. The department may not charge a toll, either | |
| 14 | 14 | directly or indirectly through an agreement with another entity, on | |
| 15 | 15 | a segment of State Highway 99 located in a county with a population | |
| 16 | 16 | of less than 75,000 if: | |
| 17 | 17 | (1) the county submits to the department a resolution | |
| 18 | 18 | adopted by the county stating that the imposition of tolls on the | |
| 19 | 19 | segment has created a safety hazard on another state highway | |
| 20 | 20 | located in the county; and | |
| 21 | 21 | (2) construction on or a closure of a highway or other | |
| 22 | 22 | public road is located within two miles of the segment. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 24 | 24 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 25 | 25 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 27 | 27 | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |