Bill Text: TX HB4398 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the electronic transmission of an invoice or notice of toll nonpayment by a toll project entity.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-26 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB4398 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4398-Introduced.html
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By: Raney | H.B. No. 4398 |
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relating to the electronic transmission of an invoice or notice of | ||
toll nonpayment by a toll project entity. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 284, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 284.0703 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 284.0703. METHOD OF SENDING INVOICE OR NOTICE. As | ||
authorized under Section 322.008(d)(2), Business & Commerce Code, a | ||
county may provide an invoice or notice required under this chapter | ||
to be sent by first class mail instead as an electronic record: | ||
(1) if the recipient of the information agrees to the | ||
transmission of the information as an electronic record; and | ||
(2) on terms acceptable to the recipient. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 370.177, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (n) to read as follows: | ||
(n) As authorized under Section 322.008(d)(2), Business & | ||
Commerce Code, an authority may provide an invoice or notice | ||
required under this section to be sent by first class mail instead | ||
as an electronic record: | ||
(1) if the recipient of the information agrees to the | ||
transmission of the information as an electronic record; and | ||
(2) on terms acceptable to the recipient. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 372, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 372.116 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 372.116. METHOD OF SENDING INVOICE OR NOTICE. As | ||
authorized under Section 322.008(d)(2), Business & Commerce Code, a | ||
toll project entity may provide an invoice or notice required under | ||
this subchapter to be sent by first class mail instead as an | ||
electronic record: | ||
(1) if the recipient of the information agrees to the | ||
transmission of the information as an electronic record; and | ||
(2) on terms acceptable to the recipient. | ||
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, 2019. |