88R3216 JAM-D
 
  By: Metcalf H.B. No. 3822
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the construction of nontolled frontage roads adjacent
  to certain toll projects.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 372, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 372.059 to read as follows:
         Sec. 372.059.  CONSTRUCTION OF NONTOLLED FRONTAGE ROAD
  REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN TOLL PROJECTS. (a) Except as provided by
  Section 228.201, a toll project entity may not construct a toll
  project along the route of a previously nontolled highway unless
  the entity constructs at least one adjacent nontolled lane of
  frontage road for each direction of travel of the toll project.
         (b)  The lanes of frontage road described by Subsection (a)
  shall be maintained by the entity that had authority over the
  previously nontolled highway along which the toll project is
  constructed.
         SECTION 2.  Section 372.059, Transportation Code, as added
  by this Act, applies only to a toll project for which a contract for
  financing, construction, or operation is entered into on or after
  the effective date of this Act. A toll project for which a contract
  was entered into before the effective date of this Act is governed
  by the law as it existed at the time the contract was entered into,
  and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.