Sec. 370.161. TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS EXTENDING INTO OTHER COUNTIES. An authority may study, evaluate, design, finance, acquire, construct, operate, maintain, repair, expand, or extend a transportation project in: (1) a county that is a part of the authority; (2) a county in this state that is not a part of the authority if the county and authority enter into an agreement under Section 370.033 (f); or (3) a county in another state or the United Mexican States if: (A) each governing body of a political subdivision in which the project will be located agrees to the proposed study, evaluation, design, financing, acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, repair, expansion, or extension; (B) the project will bring significant benefits to the counties in this state that are part of the authority; (C) the county in the other state is adjacent to a county that: (i) is part of the authority studying, evaluating, designing, financing, acquiring, constructing, operating, maintaining, repairing, expanding, or extending the transportation project; and (ii) has a municipality with a population of 500,000 or more; and (D) the governor approves the proposed study, evaluation, design, financing, acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, repair, expansion, or extension.
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