Texas 2019 86th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1875 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/07/2019

                    86R14001 AJZ-D
 By: Fallon S.B. No. 1875


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to fees for picking up or dropping off passengers at an
 airport.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 22, Transportation Code,
 is amended by adding Section 22.902 to read as follows:
 Sec. 22.902.  FEE PROHIBITED FOR PASSENGER PICK-UP OR
 DROP-OFF. (a)  A joint board or local government operating an
 airport or another person operating an airport of a joint board or
 local government may not charge a person a fee for picking up or
 dropping off a passenger at the airport.
 (b)  Subsection (a) does not prohibit a joint board, a local
 government, or another person operating an airport from charging a
 person a fee for parking at the airport while picking up or dropping
 off a passenger.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.