Texas Transportation Code Title 6, Chapter 284 - Causeways, Bridges, Tunnels, Turnpikes, Ferries, And Highways In Certain Counties

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 284.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Bond instrument" means a bond trust indenture and a bond resolution. (2) "Bond resolution" means an order or resolution of a...
• Texas Section 284.002 - Applicability To Certain Counties And Local Government Corporations
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), this chapter applies only to a county that: (1) has a population of 50,000 or more and borders...
• Texas Section 284.003 - Project Authorized; Construction, Operation, And Cost
  (a) A county, acting through the commissioners court of the county, or a local government corporation, without state approval, supervision, or regulation, may: (1) construct,...
• Texas Section 284.0031 - Other Road, Street, Or Highway Projects
  (a) The commissioners court of a county or a local government corporation, without state approval, supervision, or regulation may: (1) authorize the use or pledge...
• Texas Section 284.004 - Use Of County Property
  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a county may use any county property for a project under this chapter, regardless of when or how the property...
• Texas Section 284.005 - Conveyance To County
  The governing body of a political subdivision or agency of this state may convey title or right and easements to property needed by a county...
• Texas Section 284.006 - Federal Or State Aid
  A county may: (1) accept from the United States or this state assistance or a loan, gift, grant, or contribution to acquire, construct, improve, maintain,...
• Texas Section 284.007 - Contracts For Historically Underutilized Businesses
  (a) A county with a population of more than 3.3 million operating under this chapter shall set and make a good faith effort to meet...
• Texas Section 284.008 - Powers Of Commission
  (a) The commission may: (1) provide for and contribute toward the acquisition, construction, improvement, operation, maintenance, or pooling of a project under this chapter and...
• Texas Section 284.011 - Transfer Of Project To Department
  (a) A county may transfer to the department a project under this chapter that has outstanding bonded indebtedness if the commission: (1) agrees to the...
• Texas Section 284.012 - Transfer Of Assets
  (a) A county, acting through the commissioners court of the county, may submit a request to the commission for authorization to create a regional mobility...

SUBCHAPTER B BOND PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 284.013 - Conveyance Of Ferry Connecting State Highways
  (a) The commission by order may convey a ferry operated under Section 342.001 to a county or local government corporation incorporated under Chapter 431 in...
• Texas Section 284.031 - Bonds Authorized
  (a) A county may issue bonds for a project under this chapter that are secured: (1) solely by the pledge of the gross or net...
• Texas Section 284.032 - Tax Bond Election
  Bonds wholly or partly supported by an ad valorem tax may not be issued without an election at which the issuance of the bonds is...
• Texas Section 284.033 - Interim Bonds
  (a) A county may, before issuing definitive bonds, issue interim bonds, with or without coupons, exchangeable for definitive bonds. (b) The interim bonds may be...
• Texas Section 284.034 - Bond Sale To Pay Outstanding Bonds
  A county acting through its commissioners court that issues bonds payable from revenues from tolls collected for the use of a project under this chapter...
• Texas Section 284.035 - Bond Approval And Registration
  (a) Bonds under this chapter may be presented to the attorney general for approval in the same manner as provided for approval of tax bonds...
• Texas Section 284.036 - Bonds Secured Solely By Revenue
  Bonds secured solely by a pledge of project revenue: (1) are not a debt of the county issuing the bonds but are solely a charge...
• Texas Section 284.037 - Revenue Bond Election Not Required
  (a) The issuance of bonds under this chapter that are payable solely from revenues may be authorized without an election. (b) If an election is...
• Texas Section 284.038 - Revenue Bonds: Ad Valorem Tax For Maintenance And Operation
  (a) A county issuing bonds under this chapter that are secured solely by a pledge of revenues may: (1) by the bond resolution, authorize the...
• Texas Section 284.039 - Bonds Are Securities
  The bonds issued and delivered under this chapter and interest coupons on the bonds are a security under Chapter 8, Business & Commerce Code. Acts...
• Texas Section 284.040 - Effect Of Lien
  (a) A lien on or a pledge of revenue from a project under this chapter or on a reserve, replacement, or other fund established in...
• Texas Section 284.041 - Refunding Bonds
  Subject to any restriction in a bond instrument, a refunding bond may not be delivered unless delivered in exchange for the bond authorized to be...
• Texas Section 284.042 - Use Of Bond Proceeds; Lien
  (a) The proceeds of bonds issued under this chapter: (1) may be used only to pay the costs of the project described by Section 284.043;...
• Texas Section 284.043 - Costs And Expenses
  (a) The cost of the project may include: (1) the cost of construction; (2) the cost of any property, appurtenance, easement, contract, franchise, or pavement...
• Texas Section 284.044 - Depository
  A bank or trust company in this state may: (1) act as depository of bond proceeds or revenues derived from the operation of the project;...
• Texas Section 284.045 - Bonds Tax Free
  Bonds under this chapter and the transfer of and income from the bonds, including a profit made on the sale of the bonds, are exempt...

SUBCHAPTER C CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION

• Texas Section 284.046 - Bondholder Rights
  (a) In addition to all other rights by mandamus or other court proceeding, a holder or trustee of a bond issued under this chapter may...
• Texas Section 284.061 - Acquisition Of Property
  (a) To acquire property useful in connection with a project, a county may enter on any real property, water, or premises to make a survey,...
• Texas Section 284.0615 - Declaration Of Taking By Certain Counties
  (a) This section applies only to a county with a population of 3.3 million or more. (b) If, in connection with a project under this...
• Texas Section 284.062 - Ferry
  The commissioners court may purchase or lease a ferry property and operate the property over the route to be traversed by a project under this...
• Texas Section 284.063 - Contract For Project Construction
  (a) A county may enter into an agreement with a political subdivision or agency of this state to construct, acquire, improve, operate, and maintain a...
• Texas Section 284.064 - Contract To Operate
  (a) A county may contract with another person for the person to operate all or part of a project under this chapter to the extent...
• Texas Section 284.065 - Pooled Projects
  (a) A commissioners court of a county by resolution may pool two or more projects the county constructs under this chapter. (b) An existing project...
• Texas Section 284.066 - Operating Board
  (a) A commissioners court may appoint an operating board if the commissioners court determines that a project under this chapter could be developed, constructed, operated,...
• Texas Section 284.0665 - Compensation Of Operating Board Members
  (a) In this section, "performing the duties of the operating board" means substantive performance of the management or business of a project: (1) including participation...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 284.068 - Reconstruction Of Closed Or Relocated Nontoll Roads, Streets, Or Highways
  If under this chapter a county closes or changes the location of a portion of a nontoll road, street, or highway, the county shall reconstruct...
• Texas Section 284.069 - Tolls And Charges
  If bonds under this chapter are payable in whole or in part from project revenue, the county shall impose tolls and charges that are, together...
• Texas Section 284.070 - Nonpayment Of Toll; Offense
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person: (1) operates a vehicle on a county project; and (2) fails or refuses to pay a...
• Texas Section 284.0701 - Administrative Costs; Notice; Offense
  (a) In the event of an offense committed under Section 284.070, on issuance of a written notice of nonpayment, the registered owner of the nonpaying...
• Texas Section 284.0702 - Prima Facie Evidence; Defense
  (a) In the prosecution of an offense under Section 284.070 or 284.0701, proof that the vehicle was driven or towed through the toll collection facility...
• Texas Section 284.071 - Controlled Access To Toll Road
  (a) The commissioners court of a county by order may designate a toll road established for the county under this chapter as a controlled-access toll...
• Texas Section 284.072 - Promotion Of Toll Roads
  The commissioners court of a county may promote the use of a toll road operated under this chapter by appropriate means, including advertising or marketing...
• Texas Section 284.073 - Powers And Duties Of Receiver
  (a) A receiver appointed for a project may enter, take possession of, and maintain the project. (b) A receiver may collect all revenues and tolls...

SUBCHAPTER D UNAUTHORIZED USE OF TOLL ROADS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES

• Texas Section 284.074 - Tax And Assessment Exemption: Projects
  Each part of a project is exempt from taxation and assessment. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
• Texas Section 284.201 - Applicability Of Subchapter
  This subchapter applies only to: (1) a county with a population of more than 3.3 million; or (2) a county adjacent to a county with...
• Texas Section 284.202 - Order Prohibiting Operation Of Motor Vehicle On Toll Project
  (a) The commissioners court of a county by order may prohibit the operation of a motor vehicle on a county project described by Section 284.001(3)...
• Texas Section 284.203 - Violation Of Order; Offense
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person operates a motor vehicle or causes or allows the operation of a motor vehicle in violation...
• Texas Section 284.2031 - Civil And Criminal Enforcement Cost
  (a) A county may impose, in addition to other costs, $1 as a court cost on conviction to a defendant convicted of an offense under...
• Texas Section 284.2032 - Additional Administrative Cost In Certain Counties
  (a) A county with a population of 3.3 million or more may impose, in addition to other costs, $1 as an administrative cost associated with...
• Texas Section 284.204 - Administrative Adjudication Hearing Procedure
  (a) The commissioners court of a county may adopt an administrative adjudication hearing procedure for a person who is suspected of having violated an order...
• Texas Section 284.205 - Citation Or Summons
  (a) A citation or summons issued under this subchapter must: (1) inform the recipient of the time and place of the hearing; and (2) notify...
• Texas Section 284.206 - Administrative Hearing: Presumption; Evidence Of Ownership
  (a) In an administrative adjudication hearing under this subchapter it is presumed that the registered owner of the motor vehicle that is the subject of...
• Texas Section 284.207 - Attendance On Hearing
  (a) The peace officer or toll road agent who alleges a violation is not required to attend the hearing. (b) The failure of a person...
• Texas Section 284.208 - Decision Of Hearing Officer
  (a) The hearing officer shall issue a decision stating: (1) whether the person charged is liable for a violation of the order; and (2) the...
• Texas Section 284.209 - Enforcement Of Decision
  A decision issued under Section 284.208(a) may be enforced by: (1) placing a device that prohibits movement of a motor vehicle on the vehicle that...
• Texas Section 284.210 - Appeal Of Hearing Officer Decision
  (a) A person determined by a hearing officer to be in violation of an order may appeal the determination to a county court at law....
• Texas Section 284.211 - Hearing On Appeal
  The court in which an appeal petition is filed shall: (1) schedule a hearing; and (2) notify all parties of the date, time, and place...
• Texas Section 284.212 - Effect Of Appeal
  Service of notice of appeal does not stay the enforcement and collection of the decision of the hearing officer unless the person who files the...
• Texas Section 284.213 - Seizure Of Transponders
  (a) For purposes of this section, "transponder" means a device, placed on or within a motor vehicle, that is capable of transmitting information used to...

Last modified: September 28, 2016