Sec. 431.073. PROJECT IN COUNTY OF 500,000 OR MORE OR ADJACENT COUNTY

(a) This section applies only to a corporation that was created by the state or one or more counties or municipalities to implement a transportation project in:

(1) a county with a population of 500,000 or more; or

(2) a county adjacent to a county described by Subdivision (1).

(b) If approved and authorized by the commission, a corporation created by the state has the rights, powers, privileges, authority, and functions given the department under this title to:

(1) construct, improve, operate, and maintain high occupancy vehicle lanes; and

(2) charge a toll for the use of one or more high occupancy vehicle lanes for the purpose of congestion mitigation.

(c) A corporation in existence on August 31, 1991, has the powers, rights, and privileges of a corporation created under Chapter 11, Title 32, Revised Statutes, as that law existed on August 31, 1991, except that the required right-of-way of any highway, road, street, or turnpike may be of the width required or approved by the commission or each governing body creating the corporation.

(d) Expired.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1171, Sec. 1.25, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 967, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.