TITLE: Relating to a highway toll exemption for certain vehicles that are owned by or operated on behalf of public schools or open-enrollment charter schools.

SUMMARY: Relating to a highway toll exemption for certain vehicles that are owned by or operated on behalf of public schools or open-enrollment charter schools.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to a highway toll exemption for certain vehicles that are owned by or operated on behalf of public schools or open-enrollment charter schools. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 372, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 372.059 to read as follows: Sec. 372.059. CERTAIN SCHOOL VEHICLES. (a) A toll project entity may not require the payment of a toll for use of a toll project by a vehicle that is exempt from registration fees under Section 502.453 and is: (1) owned by and used exclusively in the service of: (A) a school district in this state; or (B) an open-enrollment charter school; or (2) owned by a commercial transportation company and used exclusively to provide public school transportation services to a school district under Section 34.008, Education Code. (b) This section does not apply to the use of a toll project for which the terms of financial assistance provided for the project or bonds issued for the project prohibit the toll project entity that operates the project from providing the toll exemption required by this section. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.