89R1751 JAM-D
By: Metcalf H.B. No. 5347
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the construction of nontolled frontage roads adjacent
to certain toll projects.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 372, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 372.060 to read as follows:
Sec. 372.060. CONSTRUCTION OF NONTOLLED FRONTAGE ROAD
REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN TOLL PROJECTS. (a) Except as provided by
Section 228.201, a toll project entity may not construct a toll
project along the route of a previously nontolled highway unless
the entity constructs at least one adjacent nontolled lane of
frontage road for each direction of travel of the toll project.
(b) The lanes of frontage road described by Subsection (a)
shall be maintained by the entity that had authority over the
previously nontolled highway along which the toll project is
constructed.
SECTION 2. Section 372.060, Transportation Code, as added
by this Act, applies only to a toll project for which a contract for
financing, construction, or operation is entered into on or after
the effective date of this Act. A toll project for which a contract
was entered into before the effective date of this Act is governed
by the law as it existed at the time the contract was entered into,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.