TITLE: Relating to waiver programs for certain veterans provided by toll project entities.

SUMMARY: Relating to waiver programs for certain veterans provided by toll project entities.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to waiver programs for certain veterans provided by toll project entities. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Sections 372.053(a), (a-1), and (a-2), Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows: (a) A toll project entity shall [may] establish a discount program for electronic toll collection customers. (a-1) A program established under Subsection (a):(1) 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 under Section [504.202 or] 504.315(f) or (g);and (2) may include free or discounted use of the entity's toll project by other electronic toll collection customers, including customers whose account relates to a vehicle registered under Section 504.202.(a-2) A toll project entity may limit to no more than two the number of transponders issued to a participant in the entity's waiver program for which free [or discounted] use of the entity's toll project is provided under Subsection (a-1). A toll project entity that adopts a limit under this subsection shall allow a participant to be issued one extra transponder on a demonstration of hardship by the participant, as determined by the entity. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.