TX Attorney General Opinion Request. Toll Roads+ Constitutional Propositions + Comingling Funds

Texas Attorney General Opinion request RQ-0192-KP asks whether Propositions 1 and 2, that prohibited the use of dedicated funds for toll projects, can provide funding for toll road projects.

Update:

Texas Tribune | TxDOT eyeing accounting trick to get around toll road prohibition

TXDOT’s point of view:

• fund the tolled lanes with federal loans backed by toll revenues
• fund added non-tolled main lanes with tax dollars
• win-win: TxDOT has more building capacity with limited funds.