85R5179 JTS-F
 
  By: Watson S.B. No. 1654
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the electronic transmission of a notice of toll
  nonpayment by the Texas Department of Transportation.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 228.0545, Transportation Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
         (e)  The department may provide that the notice under
  Subsection (c), instead of being sent by first class mail, be sent
  as an electronic record to a registered owner that agrees to the
  terms of the electronic record transmission of the information.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2017.