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Tex. Transp. Code § 370.311

TERMS OF PRIVATE PARTICIPATION

Known as the Regional Mobility Authority Act

The act spans §§ 370–370 (114 sections).

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1325, Sec. 2.01, eff

(a) An authority shall negotiate the terms of private participation in a transportation project, including:

(1) methods to determine the applicable cost, profit, and project distribution between the private equity investors and the authority;

(2) reasonable methods to determine and classify toll rates or user fees;

(3) acceptable safety and policing standards; and

(4) other applicable professional, consulting, construction, operation, and maintenance standards, expenses, and costs.

(b) A comprehensive development agreement entered into under Section 370.305 must include a provision authorizing the authority to purchase, under terms agreed to by the parties, the interest of a private equity investor in a transportation project.

(c) An authority may only enter into a comprehensive development agreement under Section 370.305 with a private equity investor if the project is identified in the department's unified transportation program or is located on a transportation corridor identified in the statewide transportation plan.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.