HJR 76 -- Toll Facilities

Sponsor:  Quinn (7)

Upon voter approval, this proposed constitutional amendment
allows the Highways and Transportation Commission to conduct
feasibility studies and fund, design, acquire, construct,
maintain, and operate toll facilities.  The commission is
authorized to:

(1)  Fix and collect tolls for the use of all toll facilities;

(2)  Issue state toll facility revenue bonds or refunding bonds
authorized by the General Assembly without the consent of any
other state agency or board;

(3)  Enter into contracts with other federal, state, or local
agencies to conduct its duties with respect to constructing toll
facilities;

(4)  Transfer moneys from the State Road Fund to the State Toll
Facility Fund to pay toll facility costs.  Any transfers must be
repaid in a time and manner determined by the commission; and

(5)  Relocate or incorporate any public road or highway into a
state toll facility project approved by the General Assembly.

Moneys obtained from toll facility revenue bonds, tolls, and
other fees will be deposited into the State Toll Facility Fund
and will stand appropriated without legislative action to be
expended in the sole discretion of the commission.  Revenue
generated from the toll roads will not be included as a part of
total state revenue, nor will revenue expenditures be considered
an expense of state government for the purposes of the Hancock
Amendment.

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated October 15, 2008 at 3:12 pm