Texas Transportation Code

§ 372.055 — DETERMINATION OF ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION CUSTOMER ACCOUNT BEFORE PAYMENT SOLICITATION

TN § 372.055Title 6. ROADWAYS · Part G. TURNPIKES AND TOLL PROJECTS · Ch. 372. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF TOLL PROJECT · Art. B. TOLL PROJECT OPERATION

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(a)A toll project entity may not send an invoice or a notice of unpaid tolls to the registered owner of a vehicle soliciting payment of a toll or any related administrative fee unless the entity first determines, for a toll collection customer using a transponder, whether there is an active electronic toll collection customer account that corresponds to the transponder.

(b)A toll project entity shall satisfy an unpaid toll, at the standard electronic collection rate and without the imposition of administrative or late fees, from an active electronic toll collection customer account discovered under Subsection (a) if:

(1)the account:

(A)corresponds to a transponder issued by the entity; and

(B)is sufficiently funded; and

(2)the customer to whom the transponder was issued has complied with Section 372.054.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 956 (S.B. 198), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2020.