By: Guerra (Senate Sponsor - Alvarado) H.B. No. 2170
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2023;
May 5, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 17, 2023, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 17, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to toll collections by a toll project entity.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 372, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 372.0555 to read as follows:
Sec. 372.0555. NOTICE OF RETURNED PAYMENT. A toll project
entity must immediately notify the holder of an electronic toll
collection customer account that a payment by the credit card or
debit card associated with the account was declined or could not
otherwise be processed.
SECTION 2. Section 372.056, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 372.056. INFORMATION REQUIRED ON NOTICE OR INVOICE.
(a) A notice or an invoice of unpaid tolls sent by a toll project
entity must clearly state that the document is a bill and the
recipient is expected to pay the amount indicated.
(b) A notice or an invoice of unpaid tolls sent by first
class mail must clearly indicate on the outside of the envelope that
the document enclosed is a bill and the recipient is expected to pay
the amount indicated.
SECTION 3. Section 372.057(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) An invoice or notice provided to a person by a toll
project entity may be provided by:
(1) first class mail; [or]
(2) e-mail if the person has provided an e-mail
address to the entity and has elected to receive notice
electronically; or
(3) text message if the person has provided a phone
number to the entity and has elected to receive notice by text
message.
SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to the collection of a toll incurred on or after the effective date
of this Act. The collection of a toll incurred before the effective
date of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before
the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect
for that purpose.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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