HB998 to stop any toll road in TX until 2009

State Rep. Garnett Coleman, D-Houston, files HB998 to put a moratorium on any toll road in Texas that hasn’t been built. The bill is currently in the Transportation House Commitee.

80R4389 JTS-D

By: Coleman H.B. No. 998

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a moratorium on tolls by the Texas Department of Transportation.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. MORATORIUM ON TOLLS BY TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. The Texas Department of Transportation may not impose a toll for the use of any portion of a highway or roadway in the state highway system that did not have a toll in effect on or before the effective date of this Act.

SECTION 2. EXPIRATION. This Act expires September 1, 2009.

SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2007.