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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 10, 2008
CONTACT: Matt Mackowiak

Sen. Hutchison Extends Texas Toll Moratorium through 2009
Hutchison Amendment Unanimously Adopted in Senate Committee


WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), a member of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations subcommittee, today successfully secured her amendment in a transportation spending bill that would continue the current ban on placing toll booths on interstate highways in Texas through September 2009.

In 2007, Sen. Hutchison successfully passed legislation that prohibits the tolling of existing federal highways in Texas built with taxpayer dollars. Sen. Hutchison’s amendment passed and was signed into law as part of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 THUD Appropriations bill.

“Last year I made certain that Texas taxpayers were protected from paying twice for a federal highway by passing a one year ban, which I am now working to extend for another year,” Sen. Hutchison said. “I will continue working with my colleagues to push for a permanent prohibition of tolling existing federal highways when the federal highway authorization bill is considered in 2009.”

Efforts to toll newly constructed lanes or new highways would not be prohibited in Sen. Hutchison’s amendment.

Today Sen. Hutchison offered an amendment to this year’s THUD Appropriations bill to extend the prohibition. The THUD Appropriations bill was reported out of the Senate Appropriations Committee and is now ready for consideration by the full Senate.



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