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	Amend CSHB 300 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
ARTICLE to the bill and renumbering subsequent ARTICLES of the bill 
accordingly:

ARTICLE ____.  PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF TOLL 
PROJECT
	SECTION ____.01.  Chapter 372, Transportation Code, is 
amended by adding Section 372.053 to read as follows:
	Sec. 372.053.  USE OF TRANSPONDERS.  (a)  In this section, 
"Transponder" means a device, placed on or in a motor vehicle, that 
is capable of transmitting information used to assess or to collect 
tolls.
	(b)  A toll project entity shall waive any fees and penalties 
for the failure to pay a toll while driving or towing a vehicle 
through a toll booth or toll plaza if:
		(1)  a transponder registered to the vehicle or 
associated with the vehicle's license plate was used when the 
vehicle was driven or towed through the toll booth or plaza;
		(2)  the failure to collect the tolls is due solely to 
transponder or toll equipment error, including failure to read a 
transponder at a transponder toll plaza;
		(3)  the transponder was properly installed; and                       
		(4)  the transponder was not damaged by the person to 
the extent that it could not collect the tolls.
	(c)  A toll project entity that waives fees and penalties 
under Subsection (b) may notify the registered owner of the vehicle 
to which the transponder is registered that the transponder must be 
replaced, and is not required to waive subsequent fees and 
penalties for tolls not paid after the owner has been given a 
reasonable opportunity to replace the transponder.
	(d)  Subsection (b) does not relieve the registered owner of 
liability for payment of the toll.
	(e)  A toll project entity shall waive any fees and penalties 
for driving or towing a vehicle through a toll booth or toll plaza 
while using a transponder on or in a motor vehicle to which the 
transponder was not previously registered if:
		(1)  the tolls incurred by the person are collected 
successfully by transponder; and
		(2)  the vehicle is of the same toll classification as 
the vehicle to which the transponder was registered.