85R8730 JTS-D     By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 1555       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to Texas Department of Transportation consideration of   financially independent state highway toll projects.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 222, Transportation Code,   is amended by adding Section 222.112 to read as follows:          Sec. 222.112.  CONSIDERATION OF FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT   PROJECT REQUIRED. The commission by rule shall adopt procedures to   require that, for each state highway system project proposed to be a   toll project, including a managed lane project, the department   consider financing and operating the project as financially   independent and not part of a system.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.