Transportation Code, § 284.011 authorizes the Texas Transportation Commission (commission) to convey a ferry operated by the Texas Department of Transportation (department) to a county or a local government corporation for operation and maintenance as a county ferry under Transportation Code, Chapter 284. Transportation Code, § 362.051 provides that a governmental or private entity must obtain the commission's approval before beginning construction of a toll road, toll bridge, or turnpike that is to be part of the state highway system. Transportation Code, § 284.009(d) authorizes the commission, if requested by a county, to adopt an order stating that a county toll project will not become a part of the state highway system upon payment of project debt. This subchapter prescribes policies and procedures governing the implementation of these statutes.
43 Tex. Admin. Code § 27.70