Texas Transportation Code Title 6, Chapter 373 - Toll Projects Located In Territory Of Local Toll Project Entity

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 373.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Local toll project entity" means an entity, other than the department, that is authorized by law to acquire, design, construct, finance,...
• Texas Section 373.002 - Applicability
  This chapter does not apply to: (1) a toll project described in Section 228.011; (2) Phase 4 extension of the Dallas North Tollway in Collin...
• Texas Section 373.003 - Project Owned In Perpetuity
  Unless a toll project is leased, sold, conveyed, or otherwise transferred to another governmental entity in accordance with applicable law, including Sections 228.151, 284.011, 366.036,...
• Texas Section 373.004 - Governmental And Not Commercial Transactions
  A transaction involving a local toll project entity under Section 228.011 or this chapter is not primarily commercial in nature but is an inherently governmental...
• Texas Section 373.005 - Legal Challenges Concluded
  For the purposes of this chapter, all legal challenges to development of a toll project are considered concluded when a judgment or order of a...
• Texas Section 373.006 - Toll Project Agreement
  (a) Before initiating the primacy determination process under Subchapter B for a toll project, the department and the local toll project entity may enter into...

SUBCHAPTER B PROCESS TO DETERMINE ENTITY TO DEVELOP, FINANCE, CONSTRUCT, AND OPERATE TOLL PROJECT

• Texas Section 373.007 - Exercise Of Primacy For Toll Project Phases
  Unless otherwise provided by a toll project agreement under Section 373.006 or other agreement, an exercise of primacy under Subchapter B over a phase of...
• Texas Section 373.051 - Initiation Of Process
  (a) At any time after a metropolitan planning organization approves the inclusion in the metropolitan transportation improvement program of a toll project to be located...
• Texas Section 373.052 - Local Toll Project Entity Option
  (a) The local toll project entity has the first option to develop, finance, construct, and operate a toll project. The local toll project entity must...
• Texas Section 373.053 - Department Option
  (a) If the local toll project entity fails or declines to exercise the option to develop, finance, construct, and operate a toll project under Section...
• Texas Section 373.054 - Reinitiation Of Process
  If the process described by Sections 373.051, 373.052, and 373.053 concludes without the local toll project entity or the department entering into a contract for...
• Texas Section 373.055 - Waiver Of Option; Alteration Of Steps Or Time Limits
  (a) The department or the local toll project entity may at any time before or during the process established by this subchapter waive or decline...
• Texas Section 373.056 - Sharing Of Project-related Information
  (a) In this section, "project-related information" includes traffic estimates, revenue estimates, plans, specifications, surveys, appraisals, environmental studies, and other work product developed for a toll...
• Texas Section 373.057 - Progress Reports
  After the department or the local toll project entity exercises an option under this subchapter, the department or the local toll project entity, as applicable,...
• Texas Section 373.058 - Environmental Review
  (a) The department or the local toll project entity may begin any environmental review process that may be required for a proposed toll project before...

SUBCHAPTER C USE OF RIGHT-OF-WAY BY LOCAL TOLL PROJECT ENTITY

• Texas Section 373.059 - Project Located In Territory Of More Than One Local Toll Project Entity
  If a toll project is in the territory of more than one local toll project entity, only the local toll project entity that first constructed...
• Texas Section 373.101 - Use Of State Highway Right-of-way
  (a) Consistent with federal law, the commission and the department shall assist a local toll project entity in the development, financing, construction, and operation of...
• Texas Section 373.102 - Reimbursement For Use Of Right-of-way
  (a) The commission or the department may not require a local toll project entity to pay for the use of state highway right-of-way or access,...
• Texas Section 373.103 - Agreement For Use Of Right-of-way
  A local toll project entity and the department shall enter into an agreement for any toll project for which the entity has exercised its option...
• Texas Section 373.104 - Liability For Damages
  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission and the department are not liable for any damages that result from a local toll project entity's use...
• Texas Section 373.105 - Compliance With Federal Law
  Notwithstanding an action taken by a local toll project entity under this subchapter, the commission or department may take any action that in its reasonable...

Last modified: September 28, 2016