89R17288 JAM-F
By: Cook, Hall, Miles S.B. No. 2895
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a highway toll exemption for public school buses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 372, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 372.060 to read as follows:
Sec. 372.060. PUBLIC SCHOOL BUSES. (a) In this section,
"school bus" has the meaning assigned by Section 541.201.
(b) A toll project entity may not require a school bus
exempt from registration fees under Section 502.453 to pay a toll
for use of a toll project when the bus is transporting students on a
route to or from school or a school-related activity trip other than
on routes to and from school.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.