Section 791.028 - Contracts for Joint Payment of Road Construction and Improvements(a) In this section: (1) "Highway project" means the acquisition, design, construction, improvement, or beautification of a state or local highway, turnpike, or road project.(2) "Transportation corporation" means a corporation created under Chapter 431, Transportation Code.(b) A local government may contract with another local government, a state agency, or a transportation corporation to pay jointly all or part of the costs of a highway project, including the cost of an easement or interest in land required for or beneficial to the project.(c) A local government and a transportation corporation, in accordance with a contract executed under this section, may:(1) jointly undertake a highway project;(2) acquire an easement, land, or an interest in land, in or outside a right-of-way of a highway project, as necessary for or beneficial to a highway project; or(3) adjust utilities for the project.(d) If a contract under this section provides for payments over a term of years, a local government may levy ad valorem taxes in an amount necessary to make the payments required by the contract as they become due.Tex. Gov't. Code § 791.028
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.196, eff. 9/1/1997.Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 38, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1991.