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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to vehicles eligible for toll discount programs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 372.053, Transportation |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 372.053. [VETERAN] DISCOUNT PROGRAM. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 372.053(a) and (a-1), Transportation |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A toll project entity: |
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(1) may establish a discount program for electronic |
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toll collection customers; and |
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(2) if the entity establishes a program under |
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Subdivision (1), shall establish a process by which the entity |
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regularly updates electronic toll collection customer information |
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to ensure that a customer described by Subsection (a-1) is able to |
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receive free or discounted use of the entity's toll project. |
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(a-1) A 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: |
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(1) whose account relates to a vehicle registered |
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under Section 504.202 or 504.315(f) or (g); or |
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(2) who is 65 years of age or older. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |