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House Bill 2983 |
House Author: Phillips |
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Effective: 9-1-09 |
Senate Sponsor: Hegar |
House Bill 2983 amends the Transportation Code to add a second method to transmit motor vehicle rental information if the registered owner of a vehicle was a lessor of the vehicle when an event of nonpayment of tolls occurred. The bill allows, in addition to a copy of the contract document covering the vehicle, electronic data, other than a photocopy or scan of a rental or lease contract, to be provided to toll project entities, including the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), a county acting under state law, a regional tollway authority, and a regional mobility authority. The bill specifies that electronic data provided to TxDOT must be in a format agreed on by TxDOT and the vehicle lessor. The bill establishes that such data is prima facie evidence that a defendant was the lessee of the vehicle when the event of nonpayment occurred.