Bill Text: TX SB57 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to information collected by a regional tollway authority, regional mobility authority, regional transportation authority, metropolitan rapid transit authority, or coordinated county transportation authority.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Effective immediately [SB57 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-SB57-Enrolled.html

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S.B. No. 57

AN ACT
relating to information collected by a regional tollway authority,
regional mobility authority, regional transportation authority,
metropolitan rapid transit authority, or coordinated county
transportation authority.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 366.178(b-1), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b-1) As an alternative to requiring payment of a toll at
the time a vehicle is driven or towed through a toll assessment
facility, the authority shall use video recordings, photography,
electronic data, transponders, or other tolling methods to permit
the registered owner of the nonpaying vehicle to pay the toll at a
later date or provide toll exemptions. Information collected under
this subsection, including contact, payment, and other account
information and trip data, is confidential and not subject to
disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
SECTION 2. Sections 366.179(a) and (d), Transportation
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) For purposes of this section, a transponder is a device
placed on or within a motor vehicle [an automobile] that is capable
of transmitting or receiving information used to assess or collect
tolls or provide toll exemptions. A transponder is insufficiently
funded if there is no money in the account for which the transponder
was issued.
(d) Transponder [customer] account information, including
contact and payment information and trip data, is confidential and
not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
SECTION 3. Section 370.177, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (m) to read as follows:
(m) Information collected for the purposes of this section,
including contact, payment, and other account information and trip
data, is confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter
552, Government Code.
SECTION 4. Sections 370.178(a) and (d), Transportation
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) For purposes of this section, "transponder" means a
device placed on or within a motor vehicle [an automobile] that is
capable of transmitting or receiving information used to assess or
collect tolls or provide toll exemptions. A transponder is
insufficiently funded if there is no money in the account for which
the transponder was issued.
(d) Transponder [customer] account information, including
contact and payment information and trip data, is confidential and
not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
SECTION 5. Section 372.102(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Notwithstanding the confidentiality of electronic toll
collection customer account information, including confidentiality
under Sections 228.057(e), 366.178(b-1), 366.179(d), 370.177(m),
and 370.178(d), a toll project entity may publish a list of the
names of the registered owners or lessees of nonpaying vehicles who
at the time of publication are liable for the payment of past due
and unpaid tolls or administrative fees. The list may include only
the persons' names and, for each person listed:
(1) the city and state of the person's residence;
(2) the total number of events of nonpayment; and
(3) the total amount due for the tolls and
administrative fees.
SECTION 6. Section 451.061, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) Personal identifying information collected by an
authority is confidential and not subject to disclosure under
Chapter 552, Government Code, including a person's:
(1) name, address, e-mail address, and phone number;
(2) account number, password, payment transaction
activity, toll or charge record, or credit, debit, or other payment
card number; and
(3) other personal financial information.
SECTION 7. Section 452.061, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) Personal identifying information collected by an
authority is confidential and not subject to disclosure under
Chapter 552, Government Code, including a person's:
(1) name, address, e-mail address, and phone number;
(2) account number, password, payment transaction
activity, toll or charge record, or credit, debit, or other payment
card number; and
(3) other personal financial information.
SECTION 8. Section 460.109, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) Personal identifying information collected by an
authority is confidential and not subject to disclosure under
Chapter 552, Government Code, including a person's:
(1) name, address, e-mail address, and phone number;
(2) account number, password, payment transaction
activity, toll or charge record, or credit, debit, or other payment
card number; and
(3) other personal financial information.
SECTION 9. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a request for information that is received by a regional tollway
authority, regional mobility authority, regional transportation
authority, metropolitan rapid transit authority, or coordinated
county transportation authority on or after the effective date of
this Act. A request for information that was received before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
date the request was received, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 10. This Act takes effect immediately if it
receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each
house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.
If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate
effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 57 passed the Senate on
April 9, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
the Senate concurred in House amendments on May 28, 2015, by the
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 57 passed the House, with
amendments, on May 23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 140,
Nays 0, one present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor