Bill Text: TX HB1508 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the cessation of tolls on segments of State Highway 99 located in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-08 - Referred to Transportation [HB1508 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1508-Introduced.html
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| By: Middleton | H.B. No. 1508 | |
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| relating to the cessation of tolls on segments of State Highway 99 | ||
| located in certain counties. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 228, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 228.060 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 228.060. CESSATION OF TOLLS ON STATE HIGHWAY 99 IN | ||
| CERTAIN COUNTIES. The department may not charge a toll, either | ||
| directly or indirectly through an agreement with another entity, on | ||
| a segment of State Highway 99 located in a county with a population | ||
| of less than 75,000 if: | ||
| (1) the county submits to the department a resolution | ||
| adopted by the county stating that the imposition of tolls on the | ||
| segment has created a safety hazard on another state highway | ||
| located in the county; and | ||
| (2) construction on or a closure of a highway or other | ||
| public road is located within two miles of the segment. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
