1-1     By:  Bernsen                                          S.B. No. 1677
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 12, 1999; March 15, 1999, read
 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
 1-4     May 10, 1999, reported favorably, as amended, by the following
 1-5     vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 10, 1999, sent to printer.)
 1-6     COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1                                 By:  Cain
 1-7           Amend S.B. No. 1677 by adding the following new Subsection
 1-8     (d) at the end of SECTION 1:
 1-9           "(d)  Revenue generated from payments of discount or service
1-10     charges under Subsection (c) shall be deposited in the state
1-11     highway fund."
1-12                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-13                                   AN ACT
1-14     relating to the method of payment of fees for goods sold or
1-15     services provided by the Texas Department of Transportation or for
1-16     the administration of Texas Department of Transportation programs.
1-17           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-18           SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 201, Transportation Code,
1-19     is amended by adding Section 201.208 to read as follows:
1-20           Sec. 201.208.  PAYMENT OF FEES FOR DEPARTMENT GOODS AND
1-21     SERVICES.  (a)  The commission may adopt rules regarding the method
1-22     of payment of a fee for any goods sold or services provided by the
1-23     department or for the administration of any department program.
1-24           (b)  Goods sold and services provided include the sale of
1-25     travel promotional materials and department publications and the
1-26     issuance of licenses, permits, and registrations.
1-27           (c)  The rules may:
1-28                 (1)  authorize the use of electronic funds transfer or
1-29     a valid credit card issued by a financial institution chartered by
1-30     a state or the United States or by a nationally recognized credit
1-31     organization approved by the department; and
1-32                 (2)  require the payment of a discount or service
1-33     charge for a credit card payment in addition to the fee.
1-34           SECTION 2.  The importance of this legislation and the
1-35     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-36     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-37     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-38     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
1-39     and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
1-40     passage, and it is so enacted.
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