BILL ANALYSIS Senate Research Center H.B. 130 By: Rodriguez; Guillen (Hinojosa) Transportation 5/17/2021 Engrossed AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT Local leaders with independent school districts contend that districts spend a significant amount of resources on toll fees every year that represents a waste of taxpayer resources which would be better spent on providing students with a quality education. Some Texas school districts pay as much as tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in toll fees annually. H.B. 130 seeks to add a new Section 372.059 to the Transportation Code specifying that school buses that are exempt from registration fees under Section 502.453 are exempt from paying a toll for use of a toll project. H.B. 130 amends current law relating to a highway toll exemption for public school buses. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Subchapter B, Chapter 372, Transportation Code, by adding Section 372.059, as follows: Sec. 372.059. PUBLIC SCHOOL BUSES. Prohibits a toll project entity from requiring a school bus exempt from registration fees under Section 502.453 (Government-Owned Vehicles; Public School Buses; Fire-Fighting Vehicles; County Marine Law Enforcement Vehicles; U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Vehicles) to pay a toll for use of a toll project. SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 2021.
BILL ANALYSIS
Senate Research Center H.B. 130
By: Rodriguez; Guillen (Hinojosa)
Transportation
5/17/2021
Engrossed
Senate Research Center
H.B. 130
By: Rodriguez; Guillen (Hinojosa)
Transportation
5/17/2021
Engrossed
AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT
Local leaders with independent school districts contend that districts spend a significant amount of resources on toll fees every year that represents a waste of taxpayer resources which would be better spent on providing students with a quality education. Some Texas school districts pay as much as tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in toll fees annually.
H.B. 130 seeks to add a new Section 372.059 to the Transportation Code specifying that school buses that are exempt from registration fees under Section 502.453 are exempt from paying a toll for use of a toll project.
H.B. 130 amends current law relating to a highway toll exemption for public school buses.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.
SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS
SECTION 1. Amends Subchapter B, Chapter 372, Transportation Code, by adding Section 372.059, as follows:
Sec. 372.059. PUBLIC SCHOOL BUSES. Prohibits a toll project entity from requiring a school bus exempt from registration fees under Section 502.453 (Government-Owned Vehicles; Public School Buses; Fire-Fighting Vehicles; County Marine Law Enforcement Vehicles; U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Vehicles) to pay a toll for use of a toll project.
SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 2021.