82R1120 ACP-D
By: Patrick H.B. No. 1483
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the collection of unpaid tolls by a regional tollway
authority.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 366.178, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsections (c), (d), and (e) and adding Subsection
(c-1) to read as follows:
(c) If a person fails to pay a [the] proper toll, [:
[(1)] on issuance of a monthly notice of nonpayment,
the registered owner of the nonpaying vehicle shall pay both any
unpaid tolls [the proper toll] and an [the] administrative fee[;
and
[(2) an authority may charge an administrative fee of
not more than $100 to recover the cost of collecting the unpaid
toll].
(c-1) An authority may charge an administrative fee of not
more than $25 to recover the cost of collecting unpaid tolls. The
authority may charge only one administrative fee for each notice of
nonpayment that is sent to the registered owner of the nonpaying
vehicle.
(d) Notice of nonpayment under Subsection (c) [(c)(1)]
shall be sent by first-class mail. The notice shall include the
tolls the registered owner of the nonpaying vehicle failed to pay
during the 30-day period immediately before the date the notice is
sent. A notice of nonpayment [and] may not require payment of the
unpaid tolls [proper toll] and the administrative fee before the
30th day after the date the notice is mailed. [The registered owner
shall pay a separate toll and administrative fee for each
nonpayment.]
(e) If the registered owner of the vehicle fails to pay the
unpaid tolls [proper toll] and the administrative fee in the time
specified by the notice, the owner shall be cited as for other
traffic violations as provided by law, and the owner shall pay a
fine of not more than $250 for [each] nonpayment of the tolls and
administrative fee included in the notice.
SECTION 2. Section 366.178(b), Transportation Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
before that date.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.