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H.B. No. 1672
AN ACT
relating to costs imposed in connection with the collection and
enforcement of certain tolls.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 284.2031, Transportation Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to
read as follows:
(c) In a county with a population of 3.3 million or more,
money [Money] collected under Subsection (a) shall be deposited in
the county treasury in a special fund to be administered by the
county attorney or district attorney. Expenditures from this fund
shall be at the sole discretion of the attorney and may be used only
to defray the salaries and expenses of the prosecutor's office, but
in no event may the county attorney or district attorney supplement
his or her own salary from this fund.
(d) In a county with a population of less than 3.3 million,
money collected under Subsection (a) shall be deposited in the
general fund of the county.
SECTION 2. (a) Subchapter D, Chapter 284, Transportation
Code, is amended by adding Section 284.2032 to read as follows:
Sec. 284.2032. ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE COST IN CERTAIN
COUNTIES. (a) A county with a population of 3.3 million or more may
impose, in addition to other costs, $1 as an administrative cost
associated with collecting a toll or charge for each event of
nonpayment of a required toll or charge imposed under Section
284.069.
(b) Money collected under Subsection (a) shall be deposited
in the county treasury in a special fund to be administered by the
county attorney. Expenditures from the fund shall be at the sole
discretion of the attorney and may be used only to defray the
salaries and expenses of the attorney's office, but in no event may
the county attorney supplement his or her own salary from the fund.
(b) Sections 284.208(d) and (e), Transportation Code, are
repealed.
(c) The change in law made by this section applies only to an
event of nonpayment of a required toll or charge occurring on or
after the effective date of this section. An event of nonpayment of
a required toll or charge occurring before the effective date of
this section is covered by the law in effect when the event
occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
(d) This section takes effect September 1, 2005.
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, 2005.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1672 was passed by the House on April
14, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 1672 on May 27, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0,
2 present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1672 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 25, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
__________________
Governor