Bill Text: TX HB4679 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to a highway toll exemption for public school buses in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-11 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB4679 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4679-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Perez, Allen, J. Johnson of Harris, | H.B. No. 4679 | ||
| A. Johnson of Harris | |||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4679: | |||
| By: Canales | C.S.H.B. No. 4679 | ||
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| relating to a highway toll exemption for public school buses in | ||
| certain counties. | ||
| 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. PUBLIC SCHOOL BUSES. (a) A toll project | ||
| entity may not require a school bus exempt from registration fees | ||
| under Section 502.453 to pay a toll for use of a toll project in a | ||
| county with a population of more than four million. | ||
| (b) This section does not affect the ability of a toll | ||
| project entity to adopt policies or rules regarding the use of a | ||
| toll project or managed lane of the entity, including policies or | ||
| rules prohibiting the use of the toll project or managed lane by | ||
| vehicles unable to maintain minimum designated travel speeds. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
