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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to vehicles eligible for veteran toll discount programs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 372.053, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) A toll project entity may establish a discount program |
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for electronic toll collection customers. |
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(a-1) A [The] program established under Subsection (a) must |
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include free or discounted use of the entity's toll project by an |
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electronic toll collection customer whose account relates to a |
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vehicle registered under Section 504.202 or 504.315(f) or (g), |
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except that a toll project entity may limit to no more than two the |
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number of transponders issued to a participant in the entity's |
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waiver program for which free or discounted use of the entity's toll |
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project is provided under this subsection. A toll project entity |
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that adopts a limit under this subsection shall allow a participant |
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to be issued one extra transponder on a demonstration of hardship by |
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the participant, as determined by the entity. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2019. |