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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of habitual toll violator remedies by certain |
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toll project entities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 372.101, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 372.101. APPLICABILITY. Except as provided by Section |
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372.115(b), this [This] subchapter does not apply to a county |
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acting under Chapter 284. |
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SECTION 2. Section 372.115, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 372.115. USE OF REMEDIES OPTIONAL; EXCEPTION FOR |
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CERTAIN COUNTY TOLL AUTHORITIES. (a) A toll project entity's use |
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of remedies under this subchapter is cumulative of other remedies |
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and, except as provided by Subsection (b), is optional. Nothing[,
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and nothing] in this subchapter prohibits a toll project entity |
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from exercising any other enforcement remedies available under this |
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chapter or other law. |
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(b) A county acting under Chapter 284 that participates in a |
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regional tollway authority under Chapter 366 shall pursue the |
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habitual violator remedies under this subchapter. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2017. |