{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-366.302","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 366.302","heading":"AGREEMENTS TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE TURNPIKE PROJECTS.","body":"(a) An authority may enter into an agreement with a public or private entity, including a toll road corporation, the United States, a state of the United States, the United Mexican States, a state of the United Mexican States, a local governmental entity, or another political subdivision, to permit the entity, jointly with the authority, to study the feasibility of a turnpike project or system or to acquire, design, finance, construct, maintain, repair, operate, extend, or expand a turnpike project or system.\n(b) An authority has broad discretion to negotiate provisions in a development agreement with a private entity. The provisions may include provisions relating to:\n(1) the design, financing, construction, maintenance, and operation of a turnpike project or system in accordance with standards adopted by the authority; and\n(2) professional and consulting services to be rendered under standards adopted by the authority in connection with a turnpike project or system.\n(c) An authority may not incur a financial obligation on behalf of, or otherwise guarantee the obligations of, a private entity that constructs, maintains, or operates a turnpike project or system.\n(d) An authority or a county in an authority is not liable for any financial or other obligation of a turnpike project solely because a private entity constructs, finances, or operates any part of a turnpike project or system.\n(e) An authority may authorize the investment of public and private money, including debt and equity participation, to finance a function described by this section.\n(f) If an authority enters into an agreement with a private entity that includes the collection by the private entity of tolls for the use of a turnpike project or system, the private entity shall submit to the authority for approval:\n(1) the methodology for:\n(A) the setting of tolls; and\n(B) increasing the amount of the tolls;\n(2) a plan outlining methods the entity will use to collect the tolls, including:\n(A) any charge to be imposed as a penalty for late payment of a toll; and\n(B) any charge to be imposed to recover the cost of collecting a delinquent toll; and\n(3) any proposed change in an approved methodology for the setting of a toll or a plan for collecting the toll.\n(g) An agreement with a private entity that includes the collection by the private entity of tolls for the use of a turnpike project or system may not be for a term longer than 50 years.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1171, Sec. 7.24, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 281 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 2.67, eff. June 14, 2005.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 6. ROADWAYS","SUBTITLE G. TURNPIKES AND TOLL PROJECTS","CHAPTER 366. REGIONAL TOLLWAY AUTHORITIES","SUBCHAPTER G. AID FOR REGIONAL TURNPIKE PROJECTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.366.htm#366.302","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"1a5cd7577a7cf4c52d968988cc2b864d6350b9040c28c7d26db97932fab73aec","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-366.301","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-366.303"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}