Texas Transportation Code

§ 431.073 — PROJECT IN COUNTY OF 500,000 OR MORE OR ADJACENT COUNTY

TN § 431.073Title 6. ROADWAYS · Part I. TRANSPORTATION CORPORATIONS · Ch. 431. TEXAS TRANSPORTATION CORPORATION ACT · Art. C. CORPORATE POWERS

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(a)This section applies only to a corporation that was created by the state or one or more counties or municipalities to implement a transportation project in:

(1)a county with a population of 500,000 or more; or

(2)a county adjacent to a county described by Subdivision (1).

(b)If approved and authorized by the commission, a corporation created by the state has the rights, powers, privileges, authority, and functions given the department under this title to:

(1)construct, improve, operate, and maintain high occupancy vehicle lanes; and

(2)charge a toll for the use of one or more high occupancy vehicle lanes for the purpose of congestion mitigation.

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Legislative history

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1171, Sec. 1.25, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 967, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.