TITLE: Relating to highway toll payment plans and partial payments.

SUMMARY: Relating to highway toll payment plans and partial payments.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to highway toll payment plans and partial payments. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 372.101, Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 372.101. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter does not apply to a county acting under Chapter 284,except that Sections 372.103 and 372.104 do apply to a county acting under Chapter 284.SECTION 2. Section 372.103, Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 372.103. TOLL VIOLATION PAYMENT PLAN AND PARTIAL PAYMENTS.(a) A toll project entity may enter into an agreement with the registered owner of a vehicle, for whom a single payment is not feasible, that allows the person to pay the total amount of outstanding tolls,[and] administrative fees,or both tolls and administrative fees over a specified period. The agreement must be in writing and specify the amount due under the agreement [for tolls and administrative fees],the duration of the agreement, and the amount of each payment. (b) A toll project entity that accepts payment for tolls and administrative fees on an Internet website must allow a user to pay a portion of the total amount due. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.