84R3236 JAM-D By: Isaac H.B. No. 650 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to waiver programs for veterans provided by toll project entities. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 372.053, Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 372.053. VETERAN WAIVER [DISCOUNT] PROGRAM. (a) A toll project entity shall [may] establish a waiver [discount] program for electronic toll collection customers that includes [. The program must include] free [or discounted] use of the entity's toll project by an electronic toll collection customer whose account relates to a vehicle registered under Section 504.202 or Subchapter D, Chapter 504 [504.315(f) or (g)]. (b) The legislature may appropriate funds from the general revenue fund to a toll project entity to defray the cost of providing free [or discounted] use of the entity's toll project under this section. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.