| TO: | Honorable Mike Krusee, Chair, House Committee on Transportation |
| FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | SB821 by Lindsay (Relating to an administrative cost for the enforcement of the collection of tolls in certain counties.), Committee Report 2nd House, As Amended |
The bill would add Section 284.0691 to the Transportation Code to authorize a county with a population of 3.3 million or more to impose, in addition to other costs, $1 as an administrative cost associated with collecting a toll or charge for each event of nonpayment of a required toll or charge imposed under Section 284.069, Transportation Code. The bill would establish how those funds must be administered and used. In a county with a population of 3.3 million or more (Harris County), the administrative cost shall be deposited into the county treasury in a special fund administered by the county attorney or district attorney. In smaller counties, the money collected shall be deposited into the county's general fund.
Under current statute, in Harris County, a hearing must first be held before the administrative cost is collected, and in all applicable counties, money collected for the administrative cost is deposited into a special fund.
The bill would take effect September 1, 2005, and would apply only to an event of nonpayment of a toll or charge that occurs on or after that date.
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, SR, DLBa
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