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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(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A toll project entity may establish a discount program |
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for electronic toll collection customers. The program must include |
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free or discounted use of the entity's toll project by an electronic |
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toll collection customer operating, as designated by the Department |
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of Motor Vehicles: |
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(1) [whose account relates to] a vehicle |
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registered under Section 504.202(a) or (c); [504.202] or |
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(2) a vehicle registered under Section 504.315(f) or |
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(g) for which a fee exemption was granted under Section |
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504.3015(a)(2). |
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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. |