toll bill: TxDOT fee rules follow TxDOT tolls

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90R4046 CXP-D

By: Hagenbuch
S.B. No. 174

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to toll collection and enforcement pursuant to an

agreement for tolling services with 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

by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as

follows:

(b) Notwithstanding Sections 228.0545, 228.0546, and

228.0547 or other law, a toll collected for a toll lane described by

Subsection (a) pursuant to an agreement for tolling services with a

toll project entity, as defined by Section 371.001, other than the

department is governed by the fee and fine structure of the entity

issuing the initial toll invoice.

(c) An entity collecting a toll pursuant to an agreement for

tolling services with the department is subject to the same fee and

fine structure as the department under this chapter and has the same

powers and duties as the department under this chapter with regard

to toll collection and enforcement for that toll.

SECTION 2. 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 the former law is continued in

effect for that purpose.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2027.