Tex. Transp. Code Section 228.201
Limitation on Toll Facility Designation


(a)

The department may not operate a nontolled state highway or a segment of a nontolled state highway as a toll project, and may not transfer a highway or segment to another entity for operation as a toll project, unless:

(1)

the commission by order designated the highway or segment as a toll project before the contract to construct the highway or segment was awarded;

(2)

the project was designated as a toll project in a plan or program of a metropolitan planning organization on or before September 1, 2005;

(3)

the highway or segment is reconstructed so that the number of nontolled lanes on the highway or segment is greater than or equal to the number in existence before the reconstruction; or

(4)

a facility is constructed adjacent to the highway or segment so that the number of nontolled lanes on the converted highway or segment and the adjacent facility together is greater than or equal to the number in existence on the converted highway or segment before the conversion.

(b)

Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 533 (S.B. 312), Sec. 74(2), eff. September 1, 2017.

(c)

In determining the number of nontolled lanes required to comply with Subsection (a)(3), the department:

(1)

may consider only a general-purpose lane that is part of the highway; and

(2)

may not consider a lane of a frontage road to be a nontolled lane before or after reconstruction of the highway.

(d)

The department may not operate any part of State Highway 255 in Webb County as a toll project.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 281 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 2.45, eff. June 14, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1186 (S.B. 1029), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 533 (S.B. 312), Sec. 37, eff. September 1, 2017.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 533 (S.B. 312), Sec. 74(2), eff. September 1, 2017.

Source: Section 228.201 — Limitation on Toll Facility Designation, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.­228.­htm#228.­201 (accessed Mar. 23, 2024).

228.001
Definitions
228.002
Agreements with Public Entities
228.003
Agreements with Other Governmental Agencies
228.004
Promotion of Toll Project
228.005
Revenue of Toll Project or System
228.006
Use of Surplus Revenue
228.007
Toll Lanes
228.008
Tolls on Exclusive Lane
228.009
Audit
228.010
Establishment of Toll Systems
228.011
Toll Projects in Certain Counties
228.012
Project Subaccounts
228.013
Determination of Financial Terms for Certain Toll Projects
228.0031
Agreements with Local Governments
228.051
Designation
228.052
Operation of Toll Project or System
228.053
Revenue
228.054
Toll Payment Required
228.055
Exceptions for Leased or Transferred Vehicle
228.0055
Use of Contract Payments and Other Revenue
228.056
Presumptions
228.057
Electronic Toll Collection
228.058
Automated Enforcement Technology
228.059
Toll Collection and Enforcement by Other Entity
228.101
Construction Costs
228.102
Issuance of Bonds
228.103
Applicability of Other Law
228.104
Payment of Bonds
228.105
Sources of Payment of and Security for Toll Revenue Bonds
228.106
Interim Bonds
228.107
Effect of Lien
228.108
Approval of Bonds by Attorney General
228.109
Trust Agreement
228.110
Provisions Protecting and Enforcing Rights and Remedies of Bondholders
228.111
Furnishing of Indemnifying Bonds or Pledge of Securities
228.112
Feasibility Study by Municipality, County, or Private Group
228.113
Trust Fund
228.114
Remedies
228.115
Exemption from Taxation or Assessment
228.116
Valuation of Bonds Securing Deposit of Public Funds
228.117
Funding for Department District
228.151
Lease, Sale, or Transfer of Toll Project or System
228.152
Discharge of Outstanding Bonded Indebtedness
228.153
Repayment of Department’s Expenditures
228.154
Approval of Agreement by Attorney General
228.201
Limitation on Toll Facility Designation
228.204
Rules
228.205
Queen Isabella Causeway
228.206
Toll Revenue
228.251
Definitions
228.252
Applicability of Other Law
228.253
Use of Federal Funds
228.254
Agreements Between Authority and Local Governmental Entities
228.0545
Toll Not Paid at Time of Use
228.0546
Invoice Requirements
228.0547
Payment of Toll Invoice

Accessed:
Mar. 23, 2024

§ 228.201’s source at texas​.gov