Tex. Transp. Code § 228.054

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

Section 228.054 - Toll Payment Required; Emergency Vehicles Exempt

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (e), the operator of a vehicle, other than an authorized emergency vehicle, as defined by Section 541.201, that is driven or towed through a toll collection facility shall pay the proper toll. The exemption from payment of a toll for an authorized emergency vehicle applies regardless of whether the vehicle is:

(1) responding to an emergency;

(2) displaying a flashing light; or

(3) marked as an emergency vehicle.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 533 (S.B. 312), Sec. 74(2), eff. September 1, 2017.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 533 (S.B. 312), Sec. 74(2), eff. September 1, 2017.

(d) In this section, "authorized emergency vehicle" has the meaning assigned by Section 541.201.

(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the department may waive the requirement of the payment of a toll or may authorize the payment of a reduced toll for any vehicle or class of vehicles.

Tex. Transp. Code § 228.054

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 533 (S.B. 312), Sec. 74(2), eff. September 1, 2017

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 533 (S.B. 312), Sec. 28, eff. September 1, 2017

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 533 (S.B. 312), Sec. 27, eff. September 1, 2017

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 641 (S.B. 959), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2011

Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 258 (S.B. 11), Sec. 4.01, eff. September 1, 2007

Transferred from Transportation Code, Section 361.252 and amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 281 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 2.41, eff. June 14, 2005

Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 23 (S.B. 129), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005

Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1246, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 2001

Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 872, Sec. 2.15, eff. Sept. 1, 1995

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.