CHAPTER 372. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF TOLL PROJECT
TRANSPORTATION CODE
TITLE 6. ROADWAYS
SUBTITLE G. TURNPIKES AND TOLL PROJECTS
CHAPTER 372. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF TOLL
PROJECT
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 372.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Toll project" means a toll project described by Section
201.001(b), regardless of whether the toll project:
(A) is a part of the state highway system; or
(B) is subject to the jurisdiction of the department.
(2) "Toll project entity" means an entity authorized by law to
acquire, design, construct, finance, operate, and maintain a toll
project, including:
(A) the department under Chapter 227 or 228;
(B) a regional tollway authority under Chapter 366;
(C) a regional mobility authority under Chapter 370; or
(D) a county under Chapter 284.
Reenacted and redesignated from Transportation Code, Chapter 371
and amended by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch.
87, Sec. 23.004, eff. September 1, 2009.
Reenacted and redesignated from Transportation Code, Chapter 371
and amended by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch.
940, Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.
SUBCHAPTER B. TOLL PROJECT OPERATION
Sec. 372.051. USE OF MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION OR LICENSE PLATE
INFORMATION. (a) A toll project entity may not use motor
vehicle registration or other information derived from a license
plate on a vehicle using a toll project, including information
obtained by the use of automated enforcement technology described
by Section 228.058, for purposes other than those related to:
(1) toll collection and toll collection enforcement; and
(2) law enforcement purposes on request by a law enforcement
agency.
(b) If a toll project entity enters into an agreement with an
entity in another state that involves the exchange of motor
vehicle registration or license plate information for toll
collection or toll collection enforcement purposes, the agreement
must provide that the information may not be used for purposes
other than those described in Subsection (a).
Reenacted and redesignated from Transportation Code, Chapter 371
and amended by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch.
87, Sec. 23.004, eff. September 1, 2009.
Reenacted and redesignated from Transportation Code, Chapter 371
and amended by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch.
940, Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.
Sec. 372.052. VEHICLES USED BY NONPROFIT DISASTER RELIEF
ORGANIZATIONS. A toll project entity may not require a vehicle
registered under Section 502.203 to pay a toll for the use of a
toll project.
Reenacted and redesignated from Transportation Code, Chapter 371
and amended by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch.
87, Sec. 23.004, eff. September 1, 2009.
Reenacted and redesignated from Transportation Code, Chapter 371
and amended by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch.
940, Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.
Sec. 372.053. VETERAN DISCOUNT PROGRAM. (a) A toll project
entity may establish a discount program for electronic toll
collection customers. The program must include free or
discounted use of the entity's toll project by an electronic toll
collection customer whose account relates to a vehicle
registered:
(1) under Section 504.202;
(2) under Section 504.315(g); or
(3) by a person who has received the Medal of Honor.
(b) The legislature may appropriate funds from the general
revenue fund to a toll project entity to defray the cost of
providing free or discounted use of the entity's toll project
under this section.
Reenacted and redesignated from Transportation Code, Chapter 371
and amended by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch.
940, Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.