85R6720 JTS-F     By: Stickland H.B. No. 3957       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to reimbursement of costs incurred by political   subdivisions for emergency services provided on toll projects   operated by private entities.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 372, Transportation Code,   is amended by adding Section 372.054 to read as follows:          Sec. 372.054.  PRIVATE OPERATOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR EMERGENCY   SERVICES PROVIDED BY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION. A private entity   operating a toll project under a contract with a toll project entity   shall reimburse a political subdivision for costs incurred by the   political subdivision in providing police, fire, or emergency   medical services on the toll project.          SECTION 2.  Section 372.054, Transportation Code, as added   by this Act, applies only to expenses incurred for emergency   services provided on or after the effective date of this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.