Texas Transportation Code Title 6, Chapter 364 - Toll Bridges In Counties Bordering The Rio Grande

SUBCHAPTER A ESTABLISHMENT OF TOLL BRIDGE AND GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 364.0001 - Definition
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), in this chapter, "bridge" includes a bridge used by vehicles, pedestrians, or railroads, or a combination of vehicles,...
• Texas Section 364.001 - Authority To Acquire Toll Bridge
  (a) A county bordering the Rio Grande, acting through the commissioners court of the county, as a part of its road and bridge system may...
• Texas Section 364.002 - Rights And Properties Associated With Toll Bridge
  When a county acquires a toll bridge under Section 364.001, the county may, as determined by the commissioners court of the county, acquire any or...
• Texas Section 364.003 - Liberal Construction
  This chapter shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

SUBCHAPTER B ADMINISTRATION OF TOLL BRIDGES

• Texas Section 364.004 - Agreements Relating To Toll Bridge
  (a) A county may enter into and make payments under an agreement with a private entity or another governmental entity to acquire, construct, maintain, or...
• Texas Section 364.021 - Application Of Subchapter
  This subchapter applies only to a county that acquires a toll bridge under Section 364.001. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept....
• Texas Section 364.022 - Maintenance And Operation Of Toll Bridges
  (a) A county through the commissioners court of the county may own, hold, control, maintain, and operate the toll bridge and may make or provide...
• Texas Section 364.023 - Operating Board
  The commissioners court of a county by the resolution or order providing for the issuance of bonds under this chapter or by the trust indenture...

SUBCHAPTER C BONDS AND FINANCES

• Texas Section 364.024 - Recreational Facilities
  (a) A county, in connection with the maintenance and operation of the toll bridge, may acquire real property or another site adjacent to the toll...
• Texas Section 364.041 - Tolls
  (a) A county that acquires a toll bridge under this chapter or that owns or controls any international toll bridge, by order or resolution of...
• Texas Section 364.042 - Authority To Borrow Money Or Accept Federal Assistance
  (a) To accomplish the purposes of this chapter, a county may: (1) borrow money from any person or corporation; or (2) borrow money or accept...
• Texas Section 364.043 - Authority To Issue Bonds
  (a) A county, through the commissioners court, may issue, sell, and deliver negotiable bonds to accomplish the purposes of this chapter. The county may use...
• Texas Section 364.044 - Revenue Bonds
  (a) Except for bonds issued under Section 364.045, bonds issued under this chapter are not a debt of the county issuing them and are a...
• Texas Section 364.045 - Combination Bonds And Ad Valorem Tax To Finance International Toll Bridge Or Improvement
  (a) A county may issue combination tax and revenue bonds to construct all or part of an international toll bridge or other improvement spanning the...
• Texas Section 364.046 - Mortgage Or Pledge Of Revenue To Secure Bonds
  To accomplish any of the purposes of this chapter, a county authorized to issue bonds under this chapter with respect to those bonds may: (1)...
• Texas Section 364.047 - Additional Bonds
  (a) A county that has outstanding bonds payable from the revenue of a toll bridge or bridges may issue additional bonds to the extent and...
• Texas Section 364.048 - Terms Of Bonds; Negotiability
  (a) The commissioners court may prescribe the terms and conditions of bonds issued under this chapter and determine the manner of their sale. The commissioners...
• Texas Section 364.049 - Sale Or Exchange Of Bonds
  A bond issued under this chapter may be: (1) sold for cash at a public or private sale at a price determined by the commissioners...
• Texas Section 364.050 - Trust Indenture
  (a) Bonds issued under this chapter may be secured by a trust indenture between the county and a corporate trustee that is a trust company...
• Texas Section 364.051 - Depository Of Bond Proceeds And Other Revenue
  (a) Any bank or trust company in this state may be the depository of the proceeds of bonds issued under this chapter or revenues derived...
• Texas Section 364.052 - Rights Of Bondholders; Receivers
  (a) The trust indenture or the order or resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds under this chapter may include provisions to protect and enforce the...
• Texas Section 364.053 - Refunding Bonds
  The commissioners court by resolution or order may issue bonds to refund outstanding bonds that were issued under this chapter, subject to any restriction in...
• Texas Section 364.054 - Tax Exemptions; Payments In Lieu Of Taxes
  (a) A county carrying out this chapter may not be required to pay an assessment on property acquired under this chapter. (b) Bonds issued under...
• Texas Section 364.055 - Limitations On County Authority
  Except as provided by Section 364.045, this chapter does not authorize a county to: (1) impose or collect a tax or assessment or pledge the...

Last modified: September 28, 2016