(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission and the department are not liable for any damages that result from a local toll project entity’s use of state highway right-of-way or access to the state highway system under this subchapter, regardless of the legal theory, statute, or cause of action under which liability is asserted.
(b) An agreement entered into by a local toll project entity and the department in connection with a toll project that is developed, financed, constructed, or operated by the local toll project entity and that is on or directly connected to a highway in the state highway system does not create a joint enterprise for liability purposes.