By: Pickett H.B. No. 3830       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a toll project entity's analysis of financing   alternatives for a toll project.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  S   ubchapter A, Chapter 372, Transportation Code,   is amended by adding Section 372.002 to read as follows:          Sec. 372.002.  CONSIDERATION OF STAND-ALONE FINANCING   REQUIRED.  (a)  A toll project entity having rulemaking authority by   rule and a toll project entity without rulemaking authority by   official action of its governing body shall adopt procedures to   require that, for each toll project proposed by the toll project   entity, including a tolled managed lane project, the toll project   entity shall perform an analysis of the feasibility of financing   the project as a stand-alone project before the toll project entity   may create a system composed of the toll project or add the toll   project to an existing system.          (b)  The procedures shall require the toll project entity to   coordinate with local elected officials representing political   subdivisions in which the proposed toll project is located when   deciding whether the project should be financed as a stand-alone   project or as part of a system, including providing a copy of the   analysis to those local elected officials.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2017.