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| 1 | 1 | 89R7487 SRA-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Eckhardt S.B. No. 848 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to a prohibition on requiring a local government to | |
| 10 | 10 | provide compensation to the Texas Department of Transportation for | |
| 11 | 11 | certain potential or actual lost toll project revenue. | |
| 12 | 12 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 13 | 13 | SECTION 1. Chapter 228, Transportation Code, is amended by | |
| 14 | 14 | adding Section 228.0032 to read as follows: | |
| 15 | 15 | Sec. 228.0032. PROHIBITION ON COMPENSATION FOR POTENTIAL OR | |
| 16 | 16 | ACTUAL LOST TOLL PROJECT REVENUE. The department may not require a | |
| 17 | 17 | local government, as defined by Section 228.0031, to provide | |
| 18 | 18 | monetary compensation to the department or to otherwise bear the | |
| 19 | 19 | cost of potential or actual lost toll project revenue resulting | |
| 20 | 20 | from the construction, improvement, or use of adjacent nontolled | |
| 21 | 21 | lanes or other road infrastructure that may compete with a toll | |
| 22 | 22 | project. | |
| 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, 2025. |