Sec. 228.057. ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION. (a) For purposes of this section, a "transponder" means a device, placed on or within an automobile, that is capable of transmitting information used to assess or to collect tolls. A transponder is "insufficiently funded" when there are no remaining funds in the account in connection with which the transponder was issued.
(b) Any peace officer of this state may seize a stolen or insufficiently funded transponder and return it to the department, except that an insufficiently funded transponder may not be seized sooner than the 30th day after the date the department has sent a notice of delinquency to the holder of the account.
(c) The department may enter into an agreement with one or more persons to market and sell transponders for use on department toll roads.
(d) The department may charge reasonable fees for administering electronic toll collection customer accounts.
(e) Electronic toll collection customer account information, including contact and payment information and trip data, is confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
(f) A contract for the acquisition, construction, maintenance, or operation of a toll project must ensure the confidentiality of all electronic toll collection customer account information under Subsection (e).
(g) The department may, following closure of an electronic toll collection customer account and at the request of the account holder, refund the balance of funds in the account after satisfaction of any outstanding tolls and fees.
(h) The department may enter into an agreement with a governmental or private entity regarding the use of a transponder issued by the department and the corresponding electronic toll collection customer account to pay for parking services offered by the entity.
Text of subsection effective on September 01, 2020
(i) The department shall provide electronic toll collection customers with an option to authorize automatic payment of tolls through the withdrawal of funds from the customer's bank account.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 872, Sec. 2.15, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1246, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 312, Sec. 50, eff. June 18, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1325, Sec. 15.48, eff. June 21, 2003.
Transferred from Transportation Code, Section 361.255 and amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 281 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 2.41, eff. June 14, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 641 (S.B. 959), Sec. 6, eff. June 17, 2011.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 956 (S.B. 198), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2020.
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