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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 G. TURNPIKES AND TOLL PROJECTS |
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Chapter 366. REGIONAL TOLLWAY AUTHORITIES |
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Subchapter B. CREATION AND POWERS OF REGIONAL TOLLWAY AUTHORITIES |
Sec. 366.031. CREATION AND EXPANSION OF A REGIONAL TOLLWAY AUTHORITY
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(a) Two or more counties, acting through their respective commissioners courts, may by order passed by each commissioners court create a regional tollway authority under this chapter if:
(1) one of the counties has a population of not less than 300,000;
(2) the counties form a contiguous territory; and
(3) unless one of the counties has a population of two million or more, the commission approves the creation.
(b) The commission shall adopt rules to implement the provisions of this section by March 1, 1998.
(c) A commissioners court may by resolution petition an established authority for inclusion in the authority if the county is contiguous to a county that initially created the authority.
(d) On approval of the board of an authority receiving a petition under Subsection (c), the county becomes part of the authority.