H.B. No. 1672




AN ACT

relating to costs imposed in connection with the collection and 
enforcement of certain tolls.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 284.2031, Transportation Code, is 
amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to 
read as follows:
	(c)  In a county with a population of 3.3 million or more, 
money [Money] collected under Subsection (a) shall be deposited in 
the county treasury in a special fund to be administered by the 
county attorney or district attorney.  Expenditures from this fund 
shall be at the sole discretion of the attorney and may be used only 
to defray the salaries and expenses of the prosecutor's office, but 
in no event may the county attorney or district attorney supplement 
his or her own salary from this fund.
	(d)  In a county with a population of less than 3.3 million, 
money collected under Subsection (a) shall be deposited in the 
general fund of the county.
	SECTION 2.  (a)  Subchapter D, Chapter 284, Transportation 
Code, is amended by adding Section 284.2032 to read as follows:
	Sec. 284.2032.  ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE COST IN CERTAIN 
COUNTIES.  (a)  A county with a population of 3.3 million or more may 
impose, in addition to other costs, $1 as an administrative cost 
associated with collecting a toll or charge for each event of 
nonpayment of a required toll or charge imposed under Section 
284.069.
	(b)  Money collected under Subsection (a) shall be deposited 
in the county treasury in a special fund to be administered by the 
county attorney.  Expenditures from the fund shall be at the sole 
discretion of the attorney and may be used only to defray the 
salaries and expenses of the attorney's office, but in no event may 
the county attorney supplement his or her own salary from the fund.
	(b)  Sections 284.208(d) and (e), Transportation Code, are 
repealed.         
	(c)  The change in law made by this section applies only to an 
event of nonpayment of a required toll or charge occurring on or 
after the effective date of this section.  An event of nonpayment of 
a required toll or charge occurring before the effective date of 
this section is covered by the law in effect when the event 
occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for that 
purpose.
	(d)  This section takes effect September 1, 2005.                              
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 1672 was passed by the House on April 
14, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not 
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. 
No. 1672 on May 27, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0, 
2 present, not voting.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	
I certify that H.B. No. 1672 was passed by the Senate, with 
amendments, on May 25, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 
0.

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                                                      Secretary of the Senate   



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              Governor