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| 1 | 1 | 89R4724 GP-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Moody H.B. No. 1557 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to waiver programs for certain veterans provided by toll | |
| 10 | 10 | project entities. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Sections 372.053(a), (a-1), and (a-2), | |
| 13 | 13 | Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | (a) A toll project entity shall [may] establish a discount | |
| 15 | 15 | program for electronic toll collection customers. | |
| 16 | 16 | (a-1) A program established under Subsection (a) must | |
| 17 | 17 | include free [or discounted] use of the entity's toll project by an | |
| 18 | 18 | electronic toll collection customer whose account relates to a | |
| 19 | 19 | vehicle registered under Section 504.202 or 504.315(f) or (g). | |
| 20 | 20 | (a-2) A toll project entity may limit to no more than two the | |
| 21 | 21 | number of transponders issued to a participant in the entity's | |
| 22 | 22 | waiver program for which free [or discounted] use of the entity's | |
| 23 | 23 | toll project is provided under Subsection (a-1). A toll project | |
| 24 | 24 | entity that adopts a limit under this subsection shall allow a | |
| 25 | 25 | participant to be issued one extra transponder on a demonstration | |
| 26 | 26 | of hardship by the participant, as determined by the entity. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |