85R3973 JTS-D
By: Springer H.B. No. 964
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a minimum balance prerequisite for the collection by
mail of unpaid highway tolls and administrative fees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 372, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 372.054 to read as follows:
Sec. 372.054. MINIMUM BALANCE FOR COLLECTION BY MAIL OF
TOLLS AND ADMINISTRATIVE FEES. Notwithstanding Sections
228.0545(c), 228.055(b), 284.0701(b), 366.178(b-2), and
370.177(c), a toll project entity may not:
(1) send an invoice, notice of nonpayment, or other
communication requiring the payment of an unpaid toll incurred by a
vehicle or an administrative fee associated with that unpaid toll
unless the total amount of unpaid tolls owed for the vehicle is $10
or more in a calendar year; or
(2) increase the amount of an administrative fee or
impose an additional fee for an unpaid toll in the period before a
communication requiring payment of the toll is sent.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.