TITLE: Relating to the cessation of tolls on state highway segments in certain counties.

SUMMARY: Relating to the cessation of tolls on state highway segments in certain counties.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the cessation of tolls on state highway segments 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 RESULTING IN SAFETY HAZARD IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. The department may not charge a toll, either directly or indirectly through an agreement with another entity, on the segment of State Highway 99 located in a county that: (1) has a population of less than 75,000; (2) adopts a resolution stating that the imposition of tolls on the segment has created a safety hazard on another state highway located in the county; and (3) submits the resolution to the department. 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.