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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a prohibition on requiring a local government to |
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provide compensation to the Texas Department of Transportation for |
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certain potential or actual lost toll project revenue. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 228, Transportation Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 228.0032 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 228.0032. PROHIBITION ON COMPENSATION FOR POTENTIAL OR |
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ACTUAL LOST TOLL PROJECT REVENUE. The department may not require a |
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local government, as defined by Section 228.0031, to provide |
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monetary compensation to the department or to otherwise bear the |
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cost of potential or actual lost toll project revenue resulting |
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from the construction, improvement, or use of adjacent nontolled |
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lanes or other road infrastructure that may compete with a toll |
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project. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |