Bill Text: TX HB4231 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a one-year moratorium on the collection of tolls.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-21 - Referred to Transportation [HB4231 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4231-Introduced.html
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By: Talarico | H.B. No. 4231 |
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relating to a one-year moratorium on the collection of tolls. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 372, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 372.059 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 372.059. ONE-YEAR TOLL MORATORIUM. (a) | ||
Notwithstanding any other law, a toll project entity may not charge | ||
a toll for use of a toll project between September 1, 2023, and | ||
August 31, 2024. | ||
(b) The department shall make all required payments on all | ||
obligations of a toll project entity that are payable from or | ||
secured by revenues of a toll project, including bonds or interest | ||
on those bonds. | ||
(c) This section expires September 1, 2024. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |