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Texas Transportation Code § 472.003

County Payments for Joint Highway Projects

Miscellaneous Provisions · Government Contracts for Joint Payment of Certain Highway Costs

(a) The commissioners court of a county may issue bonds and contract with a road district, road utility district, state agency, or other governmental entity in the manner, for the term, and to the extent it may contract under Chapter 362, on determining that a road project, including a toll road project authorized under Chapter 441, is reasonable, necessary, and beneficial to the county.

(b) To pay the cost of a road project that serves the county and a road district of a county or road utility district, the commissioners court may:

(1) dedicate ad valorem taxes paid by owners of property in the county or district; or

(2) use other county money.

Official text of the Texas Transportation Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.