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TX HB2208

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/29/2025

Primary Sponsor

Ben Bumgarner

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Origin

House of Representatives

89th Legislature Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires toll project entities to send toll invoices and nonpayment notices by certified mail instead of first class mail to registered vehicle owners, lessees, and new owners after vehicle transfers

  • Removes the legal presumption that invoices are received on the fifth day after mailing, which was previously used in prosecutions for toll nonpayment offenses

  • Mandates that toll project entities send at least three written notices or invoices by certified mail before taking collection actions, including referring unpaid balances to third-party debt collectors

  • Allows toll entities to send invoices and notices electronically instead of by certified mail if the recipient agrees to receive electronic records on acceptable terms

  • Applies only to tolls incurred on or after September 1, 2025; tolls incurred before that date remain subject to prior law

Legislative Description

Relating to requirements for certain notices or invoices relating to toll collections by a toll project entity.

County Government

Last Action

Left pending in subcommittee

4/14/2025

Committee Referrals

Transportation Funding Subcommittee3/14/2025

Full Bill Text

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