Bill Text: TX HB3843 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to a study and report by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute regarding toll project entities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-10 - Referred to Transportation [HB3843 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3843-Engrossed.html
| By: Wilson | H.B. No. 3843 | |
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| relating to a study and report by the Texas A&M Transportation | ||
| Institute regarding toll project entities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: | ||
| (1) "Institute" means the Texas A&M Transportation | ||
| Institute. | ||
| (2) "Toll project" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
| 201.001(b), Transportation Code. | ||
| (3) "Toll project entity" means an entity that | ||
| operates a toll project, including: | ||
| (A) the Texas Department of Transportation under | ||
| Chapter 228, Transportation Code; | ||
| (B) a regional tollway authority under Chapter | ||
| 366, Transportation Code; | ||
| (C) a regional mobility authority under Chapter | ||
| 370, Transportation Code; or | ||
| (D) a county under Chapter 284, Transportation | ||
| Code. | ||
| SECTION 2. STUDY. (a) The institute shall conduct a study | ||
| comparing the practices and operations of toll project entities | ||
| statewide. | ||
| (b) The study must include a comparison of: | ||
| (1) toll operations; | ||
| (2) error rates; | ||
| (3) customer complaints and case escalations; | ||
| (4) speed of processing; | ||
| (5) billing practices; and | ||
| (6) any other factors the institute deems appropriate. | ||
| (c) Not later than May 1, 2024, each toll project entity | ||
| shall submit to the institute the entity's comments on best | ||
| practices for and challenges experienced with the matters listed in | ||
| Subsection (b) of this section and any other matter that presents a | ||
| challenge to the entity in the operation of a toll project. The | ||
| institute shall incorporate the comments into the report required | ||
| by Section 3 of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. REPORT. Not later than December 1, 2024, the | ||
| institute shall submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, | ||
| and the legislature a written report of the findings of the study. | ||
| SECTION 4. EXPIRATION DATE. This Act expires May 1, 2025. | ||
| SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 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, 2023. | ||
