88R9919 JAM-D
 
  By: Plesa H.B. No. 2245
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to vehicles eligible for toll discount programs.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 372.053, Transportation
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 372.053.  [VETERAN] DISCOUNT PROGRAM.
         SECTION 2.  Sections 372.053(a) and (a-1), Transportation
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A toll project entity:
               (1)  may establish a discount program for electronic
  toll collection customers; and
               (2)  if the entity establishes a program under
  Subdivision (1), shall establish a process by which the entity
  regularly updates electronic toll collection customer information
  to ensure that a customer described by Subsection (a-1) is able to
  receive free or discounted use of the entity's toll project.
         (a-1)  A program established under Subsection (a) must
  include free or discounted use of the entity's toll project by an
  electronic toll collection customer:
               (1)  whose account relates to a vehicle registered
  under Section 504.202 or 504.315(f) or (g); or
               (2)  who is 65 years of age or older.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.