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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the electronic transmission of an invoice or notice of |
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toll nonpayment by a toll project entity. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 284, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 284.0703 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 284.0703. METHOD OF SENDING INVOICE OR NOTICE. As |
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authorized under Section 322.008(d)(2), Business & Commerce Code, a |
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county may provide an invoice or notice required under this chapter |
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to be sent by first class mail instead as an electronic record: |
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(1) if the recipient of the information agrees to the |
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transmission of the information as an electronic record; and |
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(2) on terms acceptable to the recipient. |
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SECTION 2. Section 370.177, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (n) to read as follows: |
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(n) As authorized under Section 322.008(d)(2), Business & |
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Commerce Code, an authority may provide an invoice or notice |
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required under this section to be sent by first class mail instead |
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as an electronic record: |
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(1) if the recipient of the information agrees to the |
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transmission of the information as an electronic record; and |
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(2) on terms acceptable to the recipient. |
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SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 372, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 372.116 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 372.116. METHOD OF SENDING INVOICE OR NOTICE. As |
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authorized under Section 322.008(d)(2), Business & Commerce Code, a |
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toll project entity may provide an invoice or notice required under |
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this subchapter to be sent by first class mail instead as an |
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electronic record: |
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(1) if the recipient of the information agrees to the |
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transmission of the information as an electronic record; and |
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(2) on terms acceptable to the recipient. |
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SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to the collection of a toll incurred on or after the effective date |
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of this Act. The collection of a toll incurred before the effective |
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date of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before |
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the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect |
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for that purpose. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |