Sec. 791.028. CONTRACTS FOR JOINT PAYMENT OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENTS. (a) In this section: (1) "Highway project" means the acquisition, design, construction, improvement, or beautification of a state or local highway, turnpike, or road project. (2) "Transportation corporation" means a corporation created under Chapter 431 , Transportation Code. (b) A local government may contract with another local government, a state agency, or a transportation corporation to pay jointly all or part of the costs of a highway project, including the cost of an easement or interest in land required for or beneficial to the project. (c) A local government and a transportation corporation, in accordance with a contract executed under this section, may: (1) jointly undertake a highway project; (2) acquire an easement, land, or an interest in land, in or outside a right-of-way of a highway project, as necessary for or beneficial to a highway project; or (3) adjust utilities for the project. (d) If a contract under this section provides for payments over a term of years, a local government may levy ad valorem taxes in an amount necessary to make the payments required by the contract as they become due.
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