Update: HB 565 Revoking Eminent Domain Authority

The toll road by a private corporation all but dead, this bill is hailed as the final nail in the coffin. The Texas Turnpike Corporation is the only private toll road authority in the state, having authority through a grandfather provision. Texas Tribune 

Previously On Information Intelligence: The Bill Filing

In 2014, a private tollroad corporation proposed new toll roads in North Texas. Town halls were held. Fire Marshals shut them down as too many people turned out against new toll roads. City  councils in the proposed toll areas passed resolutions opposing the plans to use eminent domain. 

Toll road opponents and private property rights supporters united.  

The 2015 Legislature will consider HB 565, which  will stop private toll authorities from exercising eminent domain. HB 565

Previously on Information Intelligence: The Project that Started it All, Toll Roads by a Private Corporation

• No Toll Roads by TX Turnpike Corporation Information Intelligence
• Private Company Exercising Eminent Domain Authority As Popular as Jazzercize  Information Intelligence
• North Texans Not Happy Campers with Private toll Authority Information Intelligence