Bill Text: TX SB1453 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to toll collection and enforcement on state highway toll lanes by entities other than the Texas Department of Transportation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-24 - Referred to Transportation [SB1453 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1453-Introduced.html
| 87R4629 JTS-D | ||
| By: Alvarado | S.B. No. 1453 | |
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| relating to toll collection and enforcement on state highway toll | ||
| lanes by entities other than the Texas Department of | ||
| Transportation. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 228.059, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 228.059. TOLL COLLECTION AND ENFORCEMENT BY OTHER | ||
| ENTITY. (a) An entity operating a toll lane pursuant to Section | ||
| 228.007(b) or under an agreement under Subchapter E, Chapter 223, | ||
| has, with regard to toll collection and enforcement for that toll | ||
| lane, the same powers and duties as the department under this | ||
| chapter, except as provided by Subsection (b). The entity may use | ||
| revenues for improvement, extension, expansion, or maintenance of | ||
| the toll lane. | ||
| (b) Notwithstanding Sections 228.0545, 228.0546, and | ||
| 228.0547 or other law, a toll collected pursuant to an agreement for | ||
| tolling services with a toll project entity other than the | ||
| department is governed by the fee and fine structure of the entity | ||
| issuing the initial toll invoice. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2021. | ||
