Sec. 228.002. AGREEMENTS WITH PUBLIC ENTITIES. (a) The department may enter into an agreement with a public entity to permit the entity, independently or jointly with the department, to design, develop, finance, construct, maintain, repair, or operate a toll project.
(b) An agreement entered into under this section with a regional tollway authority governed by Chapter 366 may provide that a function described by Subsection (a) that is performed by a regional tollway authority is governed by the provisions of Chapter 366 applicable to the performance of the same function for a turnpike project under that chapter and the rules and procedures adopted by the regional tollway authority under that chapter, in lieu of the laws, rules, or procedures applicable to the department for the performance of the same function.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 872, Sec. 2.17, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 312, Sec. 58, eff. June 18, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1325, Sec. 15.56, eff. June 21, 2003.
Transferred from Transportation Code, Section 361.301 and amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 281 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 2.34, eff. June 14, 2005.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle B - State Highway System
Chapter 228 - State Highway Toll Projects
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 228.002. Agreements With Public Entities
Section 228.003. Agreements With Other Governmental Agencies
Section 228.0031. Agreements With Local Governments
Section 228.004. Promotion of Toll Project
Section 228.005. Revenue of Toll Project or System
Section 228.0055. Use of Contract Payments and Other Revenue
Section 228.006. Use of Surplus Revenue
Section 228.008. Tolls on Exclusive Lane
Section 228.010. Establishment of Toll Systems
Section 228.011. Toll Projects in Certain Counties
Section 228.012. Project Subaccounts
Section 228.013. Determination of Financial Terms for Certain Toll Projects