1-1 By: Hawley (Senate Sponsor - Bernsen) H.B. No. 2247 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 1999; 1-3 May 10, 1999, read first time and referred to Committee on State 1-4 Affairs; May 13, 1999, rereferred to Committee on Administration; 1-5 May 14, 1999, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 3, 1-6 Nays 0; May 14, 1999, sent to printer.) 1-7 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-8 AN ACT 1-9 relating to the method of payment of fees for goods sold or 1-10 services provided by the Texas Department of Transportation or for 1-11 the administration of Texas Department of Transportation programs. 1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-13 SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 201, Transportation Code, 1-14 is amended by adding Section 201.208 to read as follows: 1-15 Sec. 201.208. PAYMENT OF FEES FOR DEPARTMENT GOODS AND 1-16 SERVICES. (a) The commission may adopt rules regarding the method 1-17 of payment of a fee for any goods sold or services provided by the 1-18 department or for the administration of any department program. 1-19 (b) Goods sold and services provided include the sale of 1-20 travel promotional materials and department publications and the 1-21 issuance of licenses, permits, and registrations. 1-22 (c) The rules may: 1-23 (1) authorize the use of electronic funds transfer or 1-24 valid credit card issued by a financial institution chartered by a 1-25 state or the United States or by a nationally recognized credit 1-26 organization approved by the department; and 1-27 (2) require the payment of a discount or service 1-28 charge for a credit card payment in addition to the fee. 1-29 (d) Revenue generated from payments of discount or service 1-30 charges under Subsection (c) shall be deposited in the state 1-31 highway fund. 1-32 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-33 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-34 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-35 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-36 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-37 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 1-38 passage, and it is so enacted. 1-39 * * * * *