{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-1478.005","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 1478.005","heading":"LIMITATION ON DECLARING CERTAIN FACILITIES PART OF STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM.","body":"(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the Texas Transportation Commission may not declare to be a part of the state highway system and maintain and operate free of tolls a facility as to which a county has:\n(1) issued bonds under Chapter 284, Transportation Code, for a purpose authorized by that chapter and has secured the payment of those bonds by:\n(A) a pledge of the revenue to be derived from the operation of the facility; and\n(B) the levy of ad valorem taxes authorized by Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution; and\n(2) issued bonds under this chapter for a purpose authorized by Section 1478.002 that are payable in whole or part from revenue.\n(b) Subsection (a) does not apply if:\n(1) the bonds issued under this chapter have been paid; or\n(2) an amount sufficient to pay the bonds issued under this chapter and interest on those bonds to maturity has been set aside for that purpose in a trust fund for the benefit of the bondholders.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 8.0211(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 9. PUBLIC SECURITIES","SUBTITLE I. SPECIFIC AUTHORITY FOR COUNTIES TO ISSUE SECURITIES","CHAPTER 1478. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN COASTAL COUNTIES TO ISSUE ROAD BONDS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.1478.htm#1478.005","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"e961dbe12330f0896a8e3d650f589017916cf86527a4f22f3e3b8c7cd64e9255","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-1478.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-1479.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}