Tex. Transportation Code § 441.027: OTHER CONSIDERATIONS IN GRANTING OR DENYING PETITION.

Before the commission adopts an order under Section 441.024, it may:

(1) consult with each governmental entity that has submitted an approval statement regarding suggested changes in the plan;

(2) suggest or direct that the petitioners change the plan for a district road facility, including deleting a road facility, so as to make the plan acceptable to the commission; and

(3) consider the environmental effects of the proposals in the preliminary plan.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.