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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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TRANSPORTATION CODE |
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Title 6. ROADWAYS |
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Subtitle A. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION |
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Chapter 201. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND ADMINISTRATION |
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Subchapter I-1. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS |
Sec. 201.753. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW LIMITED TO CERTAIN PROJECTS
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(a) A local government sponsor or the department may prepare an environmental review document for a highway project only if the highway project is:
(1) identified in the financially constrained portion of the approved state transportation improvement program or the financially constrained portion of the approved unified transportation program; or
(2) identified by the commission as being eligible for participation under this subchapter.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a local government sponsor may prepare an environmental review document for a highway project that is not identified by the commission or in a program described by Subsection (a) if the sponsor submits with its notice under Section 201.755 a fee in an amount established by commission rule, but not to exceed the actual cost of reviewing the environmental review document.
(c) A fee received by the department under Subsection (b) must be deposited in the state highway fund and used to pay costs incurred under this subchapter.