Texas Transportation Code
§ 366.171 — PUBLIC UTILITY FACILITIES
TN § 366.171Title 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 adopt rules for the installation, construction, operation, maintenance, repair, renewal, relocation, and removal of a public utility facility in, on, along, over, or under a turnpike project.
(b)If an authority determines it is necessary that a public utility facility located in, on, along, over, or under a turnpike project be relocated in the turnpike project, removed from the turnpike project, or carried along or across the turnpike project by grade separation, the owner or operator of the utility facility shall relocate or remove the facility in accordance with the requirements of the authority and in a manner that does not impede the design, financing, construction, operation, or maintenance of the turnpike project. The authority, as a part of the cost of the turnpike project or the cost of operating the turnpike project, shall pay the cost of the relocation, removal, or grade separation, including the cost of:
(1)installation of the facility in a new location;
(2)damages incurred by the utility to its facilities and services;
(3)interests in real property and other rights acquired to accomplish the relocation or removal; and
(4)maintenance of grade separation structures.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1171, Sec. 7.24, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 18.51, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.