Texas Transportation Code

§ 366.031 — CREATION AND EXPANSION OF A REGIONAL TOLLWAY AUTHORITY

TN § 366.031Title 6. ROADWAYS · Part G. TURNPIKES AND TOLL PROJECTS · Ch. 366. REGIONAL TOLLWAY AUTHORITIES · Art. B. CREATION AND POWERS OF REGIONAL TOLLWAY AUTHORITIES

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(a)Two or more counties, acting through their respective commissioners courts, may by order passed by each commissioners court create a regional tollway authority under this chapter if:

(1)one of the counties has a population of not less than 300,000;

(2)the counties form a contiguous territory; and

(3)unless one of the counties has a population of 2.5 million or more, the commission approves the creation.

(b)The commission shall adopt rules to implement the provisions of this section by March 1, 1998.

(c)A commissioners court may by resolution petition an established authority for inclusion in the authority if the county is contiguous to a county that initially created the authority.

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Legislative history

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1163 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 127, eff. September 1, 2011. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 727 (H.B. 1394), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 644 (H.B. 4559), Sec. 245, eff. September 1, 2023.