89R11949 JAM-D
By: Plesa H.B. No. 3007
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to vehicles eligible for toll discount programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 372.053, Transportation
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 372.053. [VETERAN] DISCOUNT PROGRAM.
SECTION 2. Sections 372.053(a) and (a-1), Transportation
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) A toll project entity:
(1) may establish a discount program for electronic
toll collection customers; and
(2) if the entity establishes a program under
Subdivision (1), shall establish a process by which the entity
regularly updates electronic toll collection customer information
to ensure that a customer described by Subsection (a-1) is able to
receive free or discounted use of the entity's toll project.
(a-1) A program established under Subsection (a) must
include free or discounted use of the entity's toll project by an
electronic toll collection customer:
(1) whose account relates to a vehicle registered
under Section 504.202 or 504.315(f) or (g); or
(2) who is 65 years of age or older.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.