AN ACT
 1-1     relating to the method of payment of fees for goods sold or
 1-2     services provided by the Texas Department of Transportation or for
 1-3     the administration of Texas Department of Transportation programs.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 201, Transportation Code,
 1-6     is amended by adding Section 201.208 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 201.208.  PAYMENT OF FEES FOR DEPARTMENT GOODS AND
 1-8     SERVICES.  (a)  The commission may adopt rules regarding the method
 1-9     of payment of a fee for any goods sold or services provided by the
1-10     department or for the administration of any department program.
1-11           (b)  Goods sold and services provided include the sale of
1-12     travel promotional materials and department publications and the
1-13     issuance of licenses, permits, and registrations.
1-14           (c)  The rules may:
1-15                 (1)  authorize the use of electronic funds transfer or
1-16     a valid credit card issued by a financial institution chartered by
1-17     a state or the United States or by a nationally recognized credit
1-18     organization approved by the department; and
1-19                 (2)  require the payment of a discount or service
1-20     charge for a credit card payment in addition to the fee.
1-21           (d)  Revenue generated from payments of discount or service
1-22     charges under Subsection (c) shall be deposited in the state
1-23     highway fund.
1-24           SECTION 2.  The importance of this legislation and the
 2-1     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
 2-2     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
 2-3     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
 2-4     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
 2-5     and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
 2-6     passage, and it is so enacted.
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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1677 passed the Senate on
         May 13, 1999, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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                                                 Secretary of the Senate
               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1677 passed the House on
         May 26, 1999, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, two present
         not voting.
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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
         Approved:
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                     Date
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                   Governor