By: Taylor of Collin, Estes S.B. No. 1386
(In the Senate - Filed March 7, 2017; March 16, 2017, read
first time and referred to Committee on Transportation;
April 18, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7,
Nays 0, 1 present not voting; April 18, 2017, sent to printer.)
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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.
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