BILL ANALYSIS S.B. 1386 By: Taylor, Van Transportation Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Interested parties contend that certain counties, such as Collin County, are facing significant losses from certain unpaid tolls, potentially totaling millions of dollars in revenue. S.B. 1386 seeks to address this issue by requiring certain applicable counties to pursue the habitual violator remedies available for the nonpayment of certain tolls. CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS S.B. 1386 amends the Transportation Code to require the pursuit of the statutory habitual violator remedies available for the nonpayment of certain tolls by a county that participates in a regional tollway authority under the Regional Tollway Authority Act and that: has a population of 50,000 or more and borders the Gulf of Mexico or a bay or inlet opening into the gulf; has a population of two million or more; is adjacent to a county that has a population of two million or more; or borders the United Mexican States. EFFECTIVE DATE On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2017.
BILL ANALYSIS
# BILL ANALYSIS
S.B. 1386
By: Taylor, Van
Transportation
Committee Report (Unamended)
S.B. 1386
By: Taylor, Van
Transportation
Committee Report (Unamended)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Interested parties contend that certain counties, such as Collin County, are facing significant losses from certain unpaid tolls, potentially totaling millions of dollars in revenue. S.B. 1386 seeks to address this issue by requiring certain applicable counties to pursue the habitual violator remedies available for the nonpayment of certain tolls.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS S.B. 1386 amends the Transportation Code to require the pursuit of the statutory habitual violator remedies available for the nonpayment of certain tolls by a county that participates in a regional tollway authority under the Regional Tollway Authority Act and that: has a population of 50,000 or more and borders the Gulf of Mexico or a bay or inlet opening into the gulf; has a population of two million or more; is adjacent to a county that has a population of two million or more; or borders the United Mexican States.
EFFECTIVE DATE On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2017.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Interested parties contend that certain counties, such as Collin County, are facing significant losses from certain unpaid tolls, potentially totaling millions of dollars in revenue. S.B. 1386 seeks to address this issue by requiring certain applicable counties to pursue the habitual violator remedies available for the nonpayment of certain tolls.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS
S.B. 1386 amends the Transportation Code to require the pursuit of the statutory habitual violator remedies available for the nonpayment of certain tolls by a county that participates in a regional tollway authority under the Regional Tollway Authority Act and that: has a population of 50,000 or more and borders the Gulf of Mexico or a bay or inlet opening into the gulf; has a population of two million or more; is adjacent to a county that has a population of two million or more; or borders the United Mexican States.
EFFECTIVE DATE
On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2017.