{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-370.187","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 370.187","heading":"PROJECT APPROVAL.","body":"(a) An authority may not begin construction of a transportation project that will connect to the state highway system or to a department rail facility without the approval of the commission.\n(b) The commission by rule shall establish procedures and criteria for an approval under this section. The rules must require the commission to consider a request for project approval not later than the 60th day after the date the department receives all information reasonably necessary to review the request.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1325, Sec. 2.01, eff. June 21, 2003.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 6. ROADWAYS","SUBTITLE G. TURNPIKES AND TOLL PROJECTS","CHAPTER 370. REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITIES","SUBCHAPTER E. ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND OPERATION OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.370.htm#370.187","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"c28d55720ff8013b0fae26c1895eaf79d26a766b1a16f71772e542d2cae00a71","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-370.186","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-370.188"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}