| 1 | 1 | | By: Cain H.B. No. 922 |
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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 imposition of tolls on Fairmont Parkway in Harris |
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| 7 | 7 | | County. |
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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 228.011(a), Transportation Code, is |
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| 10 | 10 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (a) This section applies only to a county acting under |
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| 12 | 12 | | Chapter 284 for: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (1) the widening, expansion, reconstruction, and |
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| 14 | 14 | | continued operation of existing toll projects of the county; or |
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| 15 | 15 | | (2) the development, construction, and operation of |
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| 16 | 16 | | all or a portion of any of the following toll projects, a component |
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| 17 | 17 | | of that project, or the functional equivalent of that project: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (A) Beltway 8 Tollway East, between US 59 North |
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| 19 | 19 | | and US 90 East; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (B) Hardy Downtown Connector, consisting of the |
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| 21 | 21 | | proposed direct connection from the Hardy Toll Road southern |
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| 22 | 22 | | terminus at Loop 610 to downtown Houston; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (C) State Highway 288, between US 59 and Grand |
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| 24 | 24 | | Parkway South (State Highway 99); |
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| 25 | 25 | | (D) US 290 Toll Lanes, between IH 610 West and the |
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| 26 | 26 | | Grand Parkway Northwest (State Highway 99); |
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| 27 | 27 | | (E) [Fairmont Parkway East, between Beltway 8 |
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| 28 | 28 | | East and Grand Parkway East (State Highway 99); |
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| 29 | 29 | | [(F)] South Post Oak Road Extension, between IH |
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| 30 | 30 | | 610 South and near the intersection of Beltway 8 and Hillcroft in |
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| 31 | 31 | | the vicinity of the Fort Bend Parkway Tollway; |
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| 32 | 32 | | (F) [(G)] Westpark Toll Road Phase II, between |
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| 33 | 33 | | Grand Parkway (State Highway 99) and FM 1463; |
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| 34 | 34 | | (G) [(H)] Fort Bend Parkway, between State |
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| 35 | 35 | | Highway 6 and the Brazos River; and |
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| 36 | 36 | | (H) [(I)] Montgomery County Parkway, between |
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| 37 | 37 | | State Highway 242 and the Grand Parkway (State Highway 99), and if |
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| 38 | 38 | | the Grand Parkway project has not begun construction, a nontolled |
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| 39 | 39 | | extension of the Montgomery County Parkway to allow a connection to |
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| 40 | 40 | | Interstate Highway 45. |
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| 41 | 41 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 372, Transportation Code, |
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| 42 | 42 | | is amended by adding Section 372.059 to read as follows: |
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| 43 | 43 | | Sec. 372.059. FAIRMONT PARKWAY. A toll project entity may |
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| 44 | 44 | | not impose a toll on any portion of Fairmont Parkway in Harris |
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| 45 | 45 | | County. |
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| 46 | 46 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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