By: Nelson S.B. No. 57
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to information collected by a regional tollway authority,
regional transportation authority, or coordinated county
transportation authority.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 366.178(b-1), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b-1) As an alternative to requiring payment of a toll at
the time a vehicle is driven or towed through a toll assessment
facility, the authority shall use video recordings, photography,
electronic data, transponders, or other tolling methods to permit
the registered owner of the nonpaying vehicle to pay the toll at a
later date or provide toll exemptions. Information collected under
this subsection, including contact, payment, and other account
information and trip data, is confidential and not subject to
disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
SECTION 2. Sections 366.179(a) and (d), Transportation
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) For purposes of this section, a transponder is a device
placed on or within a motor vehicle [an automobile] that is capable
of transmitting or receiving information used to assess or collect
tolls or provide toll exemptions. A transponder is insufficiently
funded if there is no money in the account for which the transponder
was issued.
(d) Transponder [customer] account information, including
contact and payment information and trip data, is confidential and
not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
SECTION 3. Section 372.102(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Notwithstanding the confidentiality of electronic toll
collection customer account information, including confidentiality
under Sections 228.057(e), 366.178(b-1), 366.179(d), and
370.178(d), a toll project entity may publish a list of the names of
the registered owners or lessees of nonpaying vehicles who at the
time of publication are liable for the payment of past due and
unpaid tolls or administrative fees. The list may include only the
persons' names and, for each person listed:
(1) the city and state of the person's residence;
(2) the total number of events of nonpayment; and
(3) the total amount due for the tolls and
administrative fees.
SECTION 4. Section 452.061, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) Personal identifying information collected by an
authority is confidential and not subject to disclosure under
Chapter 552, Government Code, including a person's:
(1) name, address, e-mail address, and phone number;
(2) account number, password, payment transaction
activity, toll or charge record, or credit, debit, or other payment
card number; and
(3) other personal financial information.
SECTION 5. Section 460.109, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) Personal identifying information collected by an
authority is confidential and not subject to disclosure under
Chapter 552, Government Code, including a person's:
(1) name, address, e-mail address, and phone number;
(2) account number, password, payment transaction
activity, toll or charge record, or credit, debit, or other payment
card number; and
(3) other personal financial information.
SECTION 6. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a request for information that is received by a coordinated county
transportation authority, regional tollway authority, or regional
transportation authority on or after the effective date of this
Act. A request for information that was received before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
date the request was received, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 7. 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, 2015.