Bill Text: TX HB3764 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Relating to the cessation of tolls on certain toll projects and the disposition of money appropriated for those projects.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-31 - Referred to Transportation [HB3764 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB3764-Introduced.html

---

By: Pickett H.B. No. 3764

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the cessation of tolls on certain toll projects and the
disposition of money appropriated for those projects.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 228, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 228.207 to read as follows:
Sec. 228.207. CÉSAR CHÁVEZ BORDER HIGHWAY. (a) The
Department may not operate, either directly or through an agreement
with another entity, any portion of Loop 375 in El Paso County
between Interstate Highway 10 and Santa Fe Street as a toll project.
(b) The Department shall maintain the highway described by
Subsection (a) as part of the state highway system without tolls.
(c) Any outstanding balances of funds owed to the Department
for César Chávez Freeway shall be transferred and added to the
obligation on the Loop 375 Border Highway West Project in El Paso
County from Race Track Drive to U.S. Highway 54, or any other terms
agreeable to the Department.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.