82R4485 JAM-F By: Davis S.B. No. 343 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the administrative fee charged for the collection of an unpaid toll. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 366.178(c), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows: (c) If a person fails to pay the proper toll: (1) on issuance of a notice of nonpayment, the registered owner of the nonpaying vehicle shall pay both the proper toll and the administrative fee; and (2) an authority may charge an administrative fee of not more than $50 [$100] to recover the cost of collecting the unpaid toll. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section 366.178(c), Transportation Code, does not affect fees imposed before the effective date of this Act, and the law in effect before that date is continued in effect for purposes of the liability for and collection of those fees. SECTION 3. 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, 2011.