Sec. 371.151.  DISCLOSURE OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION.  (a)  Before a toll project entity enters into a contract for the construction of a toll project, the entity shall publish in the manner provided by Section 371.152 information regarding:
(1)  project financing, including:
(A)  the total amount of debt that has been and will be assumed to acquire, design, construct, operate, and maintain the toll project;
(B)  a description of how the debt will be repaid, including a projected timeline for repaying the debt; and
(C)  the projected amount of interest that will be paid on the debt;
(2)  whether the toll project will continue to be tolled after the debt has been repaid;
(3)  a description of the method that will be used to set toll rates;
(4)  a description of any terms in the contract relating to competing facilities, including any penalties associated with the construction of a competing facility;
(5)  a description of any terms in the contract relating to a termination for convenience provision, including any information regarding how the value of the project will be calculated for the purposes of making termination payments;
(6)  the initial toll rates, the methodology for increasing toll rates, and the projected toll rates at the end of the term of the contract; and
(7)  the projected total amount of concession payments.
(b)  A toll project entity may not enter into a contract for the construction of a toll project before the 30th day after the date the information is first published under Section 371.152.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 264 (S.B. 792), Sec. 11.01, eff. June 11, 2007.