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Senate Bill 469 |
Senate Author: Nelson et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-11 |
House Sponsor: Patrick, Diane |
Senate Bill 469 amends the Transportation Code to require a regional tollway authority to use alternative tolling methods to permit the registered owner of a vehicle that is driven or towed through a toll assessment facility to pay the toll at a later date and establishes procedures to allow the authority to collect the toll within a certain time frame. The procedures involve mailing an invoice and, if necessary, a series of notices of nonpayment to the registered owner of the nonpaying vehicle. The procedures also provide for the assessment of one or more administrative fees and third-party collection service fees. If the registered owner of the nonpaying vehicle is prosecuted for nonpayment, the bill prohibits the court from waiving the unpaid toll and fees unless the court finds that the registered owner is indigent.