By: Janek S.B. No. 249
(In the Senate - Filed January 23, 2003; February 5, 2003,
read first time and referred to Committee on Infrastructure
Development and Security; April 10, 2003, reported adversely, with
favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays
0; April 10, 2003, sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 249 By: Ellis
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of the Galveston-Port Bolivar ferry operated by
the Texas Department of Transportation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 342, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 342.004 to read as follows:
Sec. 342.004. GALVESTON-PORT BOLIVAR FERRY VEHICLE
STICKER. (a) The department may adopt rules to establish a system
under which an owner of a motor vehicle registered under Chapter 502
may apply to the department for issuance of a sticker for the
vehicle that entitles the vehicle to have priority in boarding the
Galveston-Port Bolivar ferry operated by the department.
(b) Any rules adopted under this section must:
(1) establish a design for the sticker;
(2) designate the place where a sticker must be
affixed to the windshield of the motor vehicle for which it is
issued;
(3) establish an annual fee for a ferry vehicle
sticker;
(4) prescribe forms necessary for the administration
of this section; and
(5) ensure that a vehicle displaying a sticker issued
under this section is given priority in boarding the Galveston-Port
Bolivar ferry only until the ferry reaches 50 percent of its vehicle
capacity.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
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