S.B. No. 1467

AN ACT

relating to authorizing the collection of a service charge on certain electronic toll collection customer account payments.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 228.052, Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 228.052. OPERATION OF TOLL PROJECT OR SYSTEM. (a) The department may enter into an agreement with one or more persons to provide, on terms approved by the department, personnel, equipment, systems, facilities, and services necessary to operate a toll project or system, including the operation of toll plazas and lanes and customer service centers and the collection of tolls.

(b) A person that enters into an agreement with the department to provide services for a customer to pay an amount on an electronic toll collection customer account at a location other than a department office may collect from the customer a service charge in addition to the amount paid on the account.

(c) The commission by rule shall set the maximum amount a person may collect as a service charge under Subsection (b), which may not exceed $3 for a payment transaction.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.

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President of the Senate Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1467 passed the Senate on April 30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.

______________________________ Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1467 passed the House on May 24, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 1, two present not voting.

______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

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Date

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Governor