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Texas Transportation Code - Section 284.067. Projects Extending Into Other Counties

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§ 284.067. PROJECTS EXTENDING INTO OTHER COUNTIES.  (a) A 
county may not construct or acquire a project that is financed under 
this chapter and any part of which is in another county until the 
commissioners court of the other county adopts a resolution 
consenting to the construction or acquisition.
	(b)  A part of a project that has not been designated as part 
of the state highway system and that is not a turnpike project as 
defined in Chapter 361 is a part of the county road system of the 
county in which the part is located.  A law relating to the 
maintenance and operation of a county road applies to a project 
constructed or acquired under this chapter to the extent the law 
does not conflict with this chapter.
	(c)  Any county into which the project extends, by 
condemnation or another method under general law, may acquire the 
property necessary for the project, except that a county may not 
condemn property in another county until after the resolution 
required by Subsection (a) is adopted.  The county issuing the bonds 
may use the bond proceeds to acquire property necessary for the 
project in any county into which the project extends.
	(d)  Payment of the purchase price, award, or other cost of 
the project may be on the terms to which the commissioners courts of 
the county issuing the bonds and the other county or counties agree.  
Proceeds from bonds issued under this chapter may be used to pay a 
cost incurred under this section.
	(e)  Two-tenths of one percent of the toll revenue shall be 
shared equally between the permanent school fund and the General 
Land Office.  The General Land Office shall use its share for the 
acquisition of real property in a natural state in the county of the 
project.  The acquired land shall be maintained in a natural state.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended 
by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 875, § 3, eff. June 20, 2003;  Acts 
2005, 79th Leg., ch. 281, § 2.56, eff. June 14, 2005.

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