Bill Text: TX HB922 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the imposition of tolls on Fairmont Parkway in Harris County.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-02 - Referred to Transportation [HB922 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB922-Introduced.html

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By: Cain H.B. No. 922

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the imposition of tolls on Fairmont Parkway in Harris
County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 228.011(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) This section applies only to a county acting under
Chapter 284 for:
(1) the widening, expansion, reconstruction, and
continued operation of existing toll projects of the county; or
(2) the development, construction, and operation of
all or a portion of any of the following toll projects, a component
of that project, or the functional equivalent of that project:
(A) Beltway 8 Tollway East, between US 59 North
and US 90 East;
(B) Hardy Downtown Connector, consisting of the
proposed direct connection from the Hardy Toll Road southern
terminus at Loop 610 to downtown Houston;
(C) State Highway 288, between US 59 and Grand
Parkway South (State Highway 99);
(D) US 290 Toll Lanes, between IH 610 West and the
Grand Parkway Northwest (State Highway 99);
(E) [Fairmont Parkway East, between Beltway 8
East and Grand Parkway East (State Highway 99);
[(F)] South Post Oak Road Extension, between IH
610 South and near the intersection of Beltway 8 and Hillcroft in
the vicinity of the Fort Bend Parkway Tollway;
(F) [(G)] Westpark Toll Road Phase II, between
Grand Parkway (State Highway 99) and FM 1463;
(G) [(H)] Fort Bend Parkway, between State
Highway 6 and the Brazos River; and
(H) [(I)] Montgomery County Parkway, between
State Highway 242 and the Grand Parkway (State Highway 99), and if
the Grand Parkway project has not begun construction, a nontolled
extension of the Montgomery County Parkway to allow a connection to
Interstate Highway 45.
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 372, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 372.059 to read as follows:
Sec. 372.059. FAIRMONT PARKWAY. A toll project entity may
not impose a toll on any portion of Fairmont Parkway in Harris
County.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.