By: Watson S.B. No. 1467
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authorizing the collection of a service charge on
certain electronic toll collection customer account payments.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 228.052, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 228.052. OPERATION OF TOLL PROJECT OR SYSTEM.
(a) The department may enter into an agreement with one or more
persons to provide, on terms approved by the department, personnel,
equipment, systems, facilities, and services necessary to operate a
toll project or system, including the operation of toll plazas and
lanes and customer service centers and the collection of tolls.
(b) A person that enters into an agreement with the
department to provide services for a customer to pay an amount on an
electronic toll collection customer account at a location other
than a department office may collect from the customer a service
charge in addition to the amount paid on the account.
(c) The commission by rule shall set the maximum amount a
person may collect as a service charge under Subsection (b), which
may not exceed $3 for a payment transaction.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.