Texas Transportation Code
§ 366.173 — REVENUE
TN § 366.173Title 6. ROADWAYS · Part G. TURNPIKES AND TOLL PROJECTS · Ch. 366. REGIONAL TOLLWAY AUTHORITIES · Art. E. ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND OPERATION OF TURNPIKE PROJECTS
Statute text
View on source(a)An authority may:
(1)impose tolls for the use of each of its turnpike projects and systems and the different parts or sections of each of its turnpike projects and systems; and
(2)contract with a person for the use of part of a turnpike project or system or lease or sell part of a turnpike project or system, including the right-of-way adjoining the paved portion, for any purpose, including placing on the adjoining right-of-way a gas station, garage, store, hotel, restaurant, parking facility, railroad track, billboard, livestock pasturage, telephone line or facility, telecommunication line or facility, data transmission line or facility, and electric line or facility, under terms set by the authority.
(b)Tolls must be set so that the aggregate of tolls from an authority's turnpike project or system, together with other revenue of the turnpike project or system:
(1)provides revenue sufficient to pay:
(A)the cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating the turnpike project or system; and
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1171, Sec. 7.24, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.