84R20427 JAM-D
	By: Burkett, Flynn, Sheets, Button, et al.	H.B. No. 565

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to powers of private toll project entities.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 362.102, Transportation Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	Sec. 362.102.  COMMISSION APPROVAL OF PRIVATE TURNPIKE OR
	TOLL PROJECT REQUIRED.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
	a private entity may not construct a privately owned turnpike or
	toll project that connects to a road, bridge, or highway in the
	state highway system unless the commission approves the private
	turnpike or toll project as provided by this subchapter. Before the
	commission may approve a private turnpike or toll project, the
	commission must hold a public meeting concerning the project in the
	region in which the project will be located.
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter C, Chapter 362, Transportation Code,
	is amended by adding Section 362.105 to read as follows:
	Sec. 362.105.  USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN BY TOLL ROAD
	CORPORATION.  Notwithstanding Section 30, Chapter 766 (H.B. 749),
	Acts of the 72nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1991, a corporation
	that has the powers, rights, and privileges of a corporation
	created under former Chapter 11, Title 32, Revised Statutes, as
	that law existed on August 31, 1991, other than a corporation to
	which Section 431.073(c) applies, may not exercise the power of
	eminent domain granted under that former law.
	SECTION 3.  Section 362.102, Transportation Code, as amended
	by this Act, does not affect a turnpike or toll project approved by
	the Texas Transportation Commission before the effective date of
	this Act.
	SECTION 4.  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, 2015.