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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to information collected by a regional tollway authority. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 366.178(b-1), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b-1) As an alternative to requiring payment of a toll at |
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the time a vehicle is driven or towed through a toll assessment |
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facility, the authority shall use video recordings, photography, |
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electronic data, transponders, or other tolling methods to permit |
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the registered owner of the nonpaying vehicle to pay the toll at a |
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later date or provide toll exemptions. Information collected under |
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this subsection, including contact, payment and other account |
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information and trip data, is confidential and not subject to |
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disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 366.179(a) and (d), Transportation |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) For purposes of this section, a transponder is a device |
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placed on or within a motor vehicle [an automobile] that is capable |
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of transmitting or receiving information used to assess or collect |
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tolls or provide toll exemptions. A transponder is insufficiently |
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funded if there is no money in the account for which the transponder |
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was issued. |
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(d) Transponder [customer] account information, including |
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contact and payment information and trip data, is confidential and |
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not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code. |
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SECTION 3. Section 372.102(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Notwithstanding the confidentiality of electronic toll |
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collection customer account information, including confidentiality |
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under Sections 228.057(e), 366.178(b-1), 366.179(d), and |
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370.178(d), a toll project entity may publish a list of the names of |
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the registered owners or lessees of nonpaying vehicles who at the |
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time of publication are liable for the payment of past due and |
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unpaid tolls or administrative fees. The list may include only the |
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persons' names and, for each person listed: |
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(1) the city and state of the person's residence; |
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(2) the total number of events of nonpayment; and |
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(3) the total amount due for the tolls and |
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administrative fees. |
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SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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a request for information that is received by a regional tollway |
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authority on or after the effective date of this Act. A request for |
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information that was received before the effective date of this Act |
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is governed by the law in effect on the date the request was |
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received, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |