Section 27.91 - DefinitionsThe following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Commission--The Texas Transportation Commission.(2) Committee--A committee established under this subchapter.(3) Comprehensive development agreement--An agreement with a private entity authorized under Transportation Code, Chapter 223, Subchapter E that, at a minimum, provides for the design and construction, reconstruction, extension, expansion, or improvement of a toll project and may also provide for the financing, acquisition, maintenance, or operation of a toll project.(4) Concession agreement--A comprehensive development agreement under which a private entity agrees to develop, finance, and construct a toll project, and to assume operation or maintenance responsibilities for a toll project, in exchange for rights to revenue of the project.(5) Department--The Texas Department of Transportation.(6) Executive director--The executive director of the department or the executive director's designee.(7) Local funds--Funds of a city or county, any other funds paid by a city or county to meet local participation requirements, and money deposited in a subaccount created under Transportation Code, § 228.012.(8) Local toll project entity--Has the meaning assigned by Transportation Code, § 373.001.(9) Metropolitan planning organization--The organization or policy board of an organization created and designated under 23 U.S.C. § 134 and 49 U.S.C. § 5303, as amended, to make transportation planning decisions for a metropolitan planning area in which a toll project is located and to carry out the metropolitan transportation planning process.(10) Toll project--Has the meaning assigned by Transportation Code, § 201.001.43 Tex. Admin. Code § 27.91
The provisions of this §27.91 adopted to be effective September 15, 2011, 36 TexReg 5951; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 37, September 9, 2016, TexReg 7136, eff. 9/14/2016