89R7487 SRA-F
By: Eckhardt S.B. No. 848
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a prohibition on requiring a local government to
provide compensation to the Texas Department of Transportation for
certain potential or actual lost toll project revenue.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 228, Transportation Code, is amended by
adding Section 228.0032 to read as follows:
Sec. 228.0032. PROHIBITION ON COMPENSATION FOR POTENTIAL OR
ACTUAL LOST TOLL PROJECT REVENUE. The department may not require a
local government, as defined by Section 228.0031, to provide
monetary compensation to the department or to otherwise bear the
cost of potential or actual lost toll project revenue resulting
from the construction, improvement, or use of adjacent nontolled
lanes or other road infrastructure that may compete with a toll
project.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.