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Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 791.028. Contracts for Joint Payment of Road Construction and Improvements

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) In this section:

(1) “Highway project” means the acquisition, design, construction, improvement, or beautification of a state or local highway, turnpike, or road project.

(2) “Transportation corporation” means a corporation created under Chapter 431, Transportation Code.

(b) A local government may contract with another local government, a state agency, or a transportation corporation to pay jointly all or part of the costs of a highway project, including the cost of an easement or interest in land required for or beneficial to the project.

(c) A local government and a transportation corporation, in accordance with a contract executed under this section, may:

(1) jointly undertake a highway project;

(2) acquire an easement, land, or an interest in land, in or outside a right-of-way of a highway project, as necessary for or beneficial to a highway project;  or

(3) adjust utilities for the project.

(d) If a contract under this section provides for payments over a term of years, a local government may levy ad valorem taxes in an amount necessary to make the payments required by the contract as they become due.

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