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  89R1751 JAM-D     By: Metcalf H.B. No. 5347       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the construction of nontolled frontage roads adjacent   to certain toll projects.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 372, Transportation Code,   is amended by adding Section 372.060 to read as follows:           Sec.   372.060.     CONSTRUCTION OF NONTOLLED FRONTAGE ROAD   REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN TOLL PROJECTS. (a) Except as provided by   Section 228.201, a toll project entity may not construct a toll   project along the route of a previously nontolled highway unless   the entity constructs at least one adjacent nontolled lane of   frontage road for each direction of travel of the toll project.           (b)     The lanes of frontage road described by Subsection (a)   shall be maintained by the entity that had authority over the   previously nontolled highway along which the toll project is   constructed.          SECTION 2.  Section 372.060, Transportation Code, as added   by this Act, applies only to a toll project for which a contract for   financing, construction, or operation is entered into on or after   the effective date of this Act. A toll project for which a contract   was entered into before the effective date of this Act is governed   by the law as it existed at the time the contract was entered into,   and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.