85R5267 JAM-D
By: Moody, Arévalo H.B. No. 1276
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to waiver programs for certain veterans provided by toll
project entities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 372.053(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) A toll project entity:
(1) may establish a 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 504.315(f); and
(2) shall establish a waiver program for electronic
toll collection customers that includes free use of the entity's
toll project by an electronic toll collection customer whose
account relates to a vehicle registered under Section 504.315(g)
[or (g)].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.