Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3426 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 03/08/2017

                            85R488 JTS-D
 By: Laubenberg H.B. No. 3426


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the use of habitual toll violator remedies by certain
 toll project entities.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 372.101, Transportation Code, is amended
 to read as follows:
 Sec. 372.101.  APPLICABILITY. Except as provided by Section
 372.115(b), this [This] subchapter does not apply to a county
 acting under Chapter 284.
 SECTION 2.  Section 372.115, Transportation Code, is amended
 to read as follows:
 Sec. 372.115.  USE OF REMEDIES OPTIONAL; EXCEPTION FOR
 CERTAIN COUNTY TOLL AUTHORITIES. (a)  A toll project entity's use
 of remedies under this subchapter is cumulative of other remedies
 and, except as provided by Subsection (b), is optional.  Nothing[,
 and nothing] in this subchapter prohibits a toll project entity
 from exercising any other enforcement remedies available under this
 chapter or other law.
 (b)  A county acting under Chapter 284 that participates in a
 regional tollway authority under Chapter 366 shall pursue the
 habitual violator remedies under this subchapter.
 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, 2017.