5 Bipartisan Texas State Reps. Interim Study Request on Toll Roads

Texas State Representatives Minajarez, Pickett, Dale, Oliverson & Goldman

are requesting the following interim charges:

• Study how toll road operators, or authorities calculate toll rates in Texas, and ensure there is transparency in the process.
• Study the Minajarez amendment to S.B. 312 85(R) to see if it applies to all toll roads in the state, or to just the TxDOT operated toll roads and toll lanes.
• Study the possibility of the consolidation of Texas Toll Pay by Mail into a single back office provider usinfg an open source software platform that is controlled by Texas.
• Study if the Reconnect Austin plan to cap IH35 through Austin takes away additional dollars from non-tolled projects in the state.
• Study what precautions toll road operators in Texas have in place to prevent cyber security threats, both internal and external.

The Minajarez, Pickett, Dale, Oliverson & Goldman letter to Speaker Straus dated 10.2.2017