Section 228.101 - Construction Costs(a) The cost of construction, improvement, extension, or expansion of a toll project or system under this chapter includes the cost of:(1) the actual acquisition, design, development, planning, financing, construction, improvement, extension, or expansion of the project or system;(2) acquisition of real property, rights-of-way, property rights, easements, and interests;(3) the acquisition of machinery, equipment, software, and intellectual property;(4) interest before, during, and for one year after construction, improvement, extension, or expansion;(5) traffic estimates, engineering, legal and other advisory services, plans, specifications, surveys, appraisals, cost and revenue estimates, and other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility of the construction, improvement, extension, or expansion;(6) necessary or incidental administrative, legal, and other expenses;(8) placement of the project or system in operation and expenses related to the initial operation of the project or system.(b) Costs attributable to a toll project or system for which bonds are issued that are incurred before the issuance of the bonds may be reimbursed from the proceeds of the sale of the bonds.Tex. Transp. Code § 228.101
Transferred from Transportation Code, Section 361.004 and amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 281 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 2.42, eff. June 14, 2005 Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 920, Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 2001 Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.