H.B. No. 2170
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to toll collections by a toll project entity.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 372, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 372.0555 to read as follows:
         Sec. 372.0555.  NOTICE OF RETURNED PAYMENT. A toll project
  entity must immediately notify the holder of an electronic toll
  collection customer account that a payment by the credit card or
  debit card associated with the account was declined or could not
  otherwise be processed.
         SECTION 2.  Section 372.056, Transportation Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 372.056.  INFORMATION REQUIRED ON NOTICE OR INVOICE.
  (a) A notice or an invoice of unpaid tolls sent by a toll project
  entity must clearly state that the document is a bill and the
  recipient is expected to pay the amount indicated.
         (b)  A notice or an invoice of unpaid tolls sent by first
  class mail must clearly indicate on the outside of the envelope that
  the document enclosed is a bill and the recipient is expected to pay
  the amount indicated.
         SECTION 3.  Section 372.057(a), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  An invoice or notice provided to a person by a toll
  project entity may be provided by:
               (1)  first class mail; [or]
               (2)  e-mail if the person has provided an e-mail
  address to the entity and has elected to receive notice
  electronically; or
               (3)  text message if the person has provided a phone
  number to the entity and has elected to receive notice by text
  message.
         SECTION 4.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to the collection of a toll incurred on or after the effective date
  of this Act. The collection of a toll incurred before the effective
  date of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before
  the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect
  for that purpose.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2170 was passed by the House on May 2,
  2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 1, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2170 was passed by the Senate on May
  19, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor