Texas Transportation Code Title 6, Chapter 365 - Road District Toll Roads
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 365.001 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Bonds" means tax bonds, tax and revenue bonds, revenue bonds, tax anticipation notes, revenue anticipation notes, grant anticipation notes, or a...
- Texas Section 365.002 - Applicability
This chapter applies only to a county with a population of 175,000 or more. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
- Texas Section 365.003 - Designation As Part Of Road System
A district may act to have a toll road become part of the state highway system or part of the road system of a county...
SUBCHAPTER B PROVIDING TOLL ROAD
- Texas Section 365.004 - Use Of Certain Interest
A district may use interest earned on its construction account for a purpose for which the district's financing documents permit the construction account to be...
- Texas Section 365.011 - Authority To Provide Toll Road
A district may construct, acquire, improve, operate, repair, maintain, and finance a toll road project. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept....
- Texas Section 365.012 - Toll Road District Powers
In exercising its authority under Section 365.011, a district has the powers of a county owning or operating a toll project under Chapter 284 regardless...
- Texas Section 365.013 - Nature And Location Of Road And Structure
(a) A toll road must be all or part of a state highway or a major arterial road that connects two state highways, two federal...
- Texas Section 365.014 - Right Of Free Access Or Passage
A district operating a toll road shall give to property that had access to and right of free passage on the road on or before...
SUBCHAPTER C FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 365.015 - Use Of Property Of Governmental Entity
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a district may use for a toll road project any real property, right-of-way, or other property of a governmental entity...
- Texas Section 365.031 - Authority To Issue Bonds
A district may issue bonds to finance a toll road project: (1) to the extent and for the purpose a county may pay the cost...
- Texas Section 365.032 - Bond Election
(a) Bonds issued under this chapter that are payable from ad valorem taxes must be approved at an election held as provided by Chapters 284...
- Texas Section 365.033 - Sale Of Bonds
The district may sell bonds under this chapter in the manner, at public or private sale, and for the prices that the district's governing body...
- Texas Section 365.034 - Bond Security
Bonds issued under this chapter may be secured by a trust indenture between the district and a corporate trustee that is a trust company or...
- Texas Section 365.035 - Bondholder Protection
The trust indenture or the resolution or order authorizing the issuance of bonds under this chapter may include provisions to protect and enforce the rights...
- Texas Section 365.036 - Refunding Bonds
(a) A district may issue refunding bonds to refund its bonds under this chapter as provided by Chapter 1371, Government Code, and Chapter 441. (b)...
- Texas Section 365.037 - County Ad Valorem Tax
(a) A county may impose an ad valorem tax under Section 9, Article VIII, or Section 52, Article III, of the Texas Constitution, and contract...
- Texas Section 365.038 - County Payments Relating To District Bonds
(a) A county in which a district is located may pay: (1) part of the principal or redemption price of or interest on the district's...
- Texas Section 365.039 - County Bonds And Certificates Of Obligation
A county may authorize, issue, and sell its bonds or certificates of obligation and use the proceeds to: (1) call, redeem, and retire a district's...
- Texas Section 365.040 - Authority For Tolls And Charges
A district may impose tolls and other charges for the use of a toll road project and may use toll revenue to retire outstanding indebtedness...
- Texas Section 365.041 - Amount Of Tolls
Revenue from tolls and other charges under Section 365.040 may be sufficient to: (1) pay all expenses necessary to maintain and operate the toll road...
- Texas Section 365.042 - Fines And Penalties
A district may impose fines and penalties as provided by Chapter 284 as if the district were a county to which that chapter applies. Acts...
- Texas Section 365.043 - County Expenses
The district may reimburse a county, from any funds available to the district, for any expenses the county pays on behalf of the district. Acts...
- Texas Section 365.044 - Costs Of Certain Acquisitions And Alterations
A transportation corporation, state agency, political subdivision, or road district that acquires, inside or outside the right-of-way of a project, an interest in real property...
Last modified: September 28, 2016