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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to discount programs for certain veterans provided by toll |
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project entities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle G, Title 6, Transportation Code, is |
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amended by adding Chapter 371 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 371. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MORE THAN |
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ONE TYPE OF TOLL PROJECT |
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Sec. 371.001. VETERAN DISCOUNT PROGRAM. (a) In this |
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chapter: |
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(1) "Toll project" means a toll project described by |
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Section 201.001(b), regardless of whether the toll project is: |
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(A) a part of the state highway system; or |
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(B) subject to the jurisdiction of the |
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department. |
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(2) "Toll project entity" means an entity authorized |
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by law to acquire, design, construct, finance, operate, and |
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maintain a toll project, including: |
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(A) the department under Chapter 227 or 228; |
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(B) a regional tollway authority under Chapter |
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366; |
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(C) a regional mobility authority under Chapter |
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370; or |
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(D) a county under Chapter 284. |
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(b) A toll project entity may establish a discount program |
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for electronic toll collection customers. The program must include |
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free or discounted use of the entity's toll project by an electronic |
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toll collection customer whose account relates to a vehicle |
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registered: |
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(1) under Section 504.202; |
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(2) under Section 504.315(g); or |
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(3) by a person who has received the Medal of Honor. |
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(c) The legislature may appropriate funds from the general |
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revenue fund to a toll project entity to defray the cost of |
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providing free or discounted use of the entity's toll project under |
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this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |