Bill Text: TX SB343 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the administrative fee charged for the collection of an unpaid toll.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-23 - No action taken in committee [SB343 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-SB343-Introduced.html

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82R4485 JAM-F
By: Davis S.B. No. 343

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the administrative fee charged for the collection of an
unpaid toll.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 366.178(c), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) If a person fails to pay the proper toll:
(1) on issuance of a notice of nonpayment, the
registered owner of the nonpaying vehicle shall pay both the proper
toll and the administrative fee; and
(2) an authority may charge an administrative fee of
not more than $50 [$100] to recover the cost of collecting the
unpaid toll.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section
366.178(c), Transportation Code, does not affect fees imposed
before the effective date of this Act, and the law in effect before
that date is continued in effect for purposes of the liability for
and collection of those fees.
SECTION 3. 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, 2011.