bill banning tolls on Fairmont Parkway in Harris County

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By: Cain
H.B. No. 905

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the imposition of tolls on Fairmont Parkway in Harris

County.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 228.011(a), Transportation Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(a) This section applies only to a county acting under

Chapter 284 for:

(1) the widening, expansion, reconstruction, and

continued operation of existing toll projects of the county; or

(2) the development, construction, and operation of

all or a portion of any of the following toll projects, a component

of that project, or the functional equivalent of that project:

(A) Beltway 8 Tollway East, between US 59 North

and US 90 East;

(B) Hardy Downtown Connector, consisting of the

proposed direct connection from the Hardy Toll Road southern

terminus at Loop 610 to downtown Houston;

(C) State Highway 288, between US 59 and Grand

Parkway South (State Highway 99);

(D) US 290 Toll Lanes, between IH 610 West and the

Grand Parkway Northwest (State Highway 99);

(E) [ Fairmont Parkway East, between Beltway 8

East and Grand Parkway East (State Highway 99);

[ (F) ] South Post Oak Road Extension, between IH

610 South and near the intersection of Beltway 8 and Hillcroft in

the vicinity of the Fort Bend Parkway Tollway;

(F) [ (G) ] Westpark Toll Road Phase II, between

Grand Parkway (State Highway 99) and FM 1463;

(G) [ (H) ] Fort Bend Parkway, between State

Highway 6 and the Brazos River; and

(H) [ (I) ] Montgomery County Parkway, between

State Highway 242 and the Grand Parkway (State Highway 99), and if

the Grand Parkway project has not begun construction, a nontolled

extension of the Montgomery County Parkway to allow a connection to

Interstate Highway 45.

SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 372, Transportation Code,

is amended by adding Section 372.060 to read as follows:

Sec. 372.060. FAIRMONT PARKWAY. A toll project entity may

not impose a toll on any portion of Fairmont Parkway in Harris

County.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.