Bill Text: TX HB3843 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to a study and report by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute regarding toll project entities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-10 - Referred to Transportation [HB3843 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3843-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to a study and report by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute regarding toll project entities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-10 - Referred to Transportation [HB3843 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3843-Comm_Sub.html
88R14420 DRS-D | ||
By: Wilson | H.B. No. 3843 |
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relating to a study and report by the Texas Department of | ||
Transportation regarding toll project entities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: | ||
(1) "Department" means the Texas Department of | ||
Transportation. | ||
(2) "Toll project" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
201.001(b), Transportation Code. | ||
(3) "Toll project entity" means an entity that | ||
operates a toll project, including: | ||
(A) the department under Chapter 228, | ||
Transportation Code; | ||
(B) a regional tollway authority under Chapter | ||
366, Transportation Code; | ||
(C) a regional mobility authority under Chapter | ||
370, Transportation Code; or | ||
(D) a county under Chapter 284, Transportation | ||
Code. | ||
SECTION 2. STUDY. (a) The department shall conduct a study | ||
comparing the practices and operations of toll project entities | ||
statewide. | ||
(b) The study must include a comparison of: | ||
(1) toll operations; | ||
(2) error rates; | ||
(3) customer complaints; | ||
(4) speed of processing; | ||
(5) billing practices; and | ||
(6) any other factors the department deems | ||
appropriate. | ||
SECTION 3. REPORT. Not later than December 1, 2024, the | ||
department shall submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, | ||
and the legislature a written report of the findings of the study. | ||
SECTION 4. EXPIRATION DATE. This Act expires May 1, 2025. | ||
SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 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, 2023. |