Tex. Transp. Code § 228.058 · Subchapter B. USE AND OPERATION OF TOLL PROJECTS OR SYSTEMS
AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT TECHNOLOGY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) To aid in the collection of tolls and in the enforcement of toll violations, the department may use automated enforcement technology that it determines is necessary, including automatic vehicle license plate identification photography and video surveillance, by electronic imaging or photographic copying.
(b) Automated enforcement technology approved by the department under Subsection (a) may be used only for the purpose of producing, depicting, photographing, or recording an image that depicts that portion of a vehicle necessary to establish the classification of vehicle and the proper toll to be charged, the license plate number, and the state of registration, including an image:
(1) of a license plate attached to the front or rear of a vehicle; and
(2) showing the vehicle dimensions, the presence of a trailer, and the number of axles.
(c) This section does not authorize the use of automated enforcement technology for any other purpose.
(d) Repealed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 258, Sec. 4.07, eff. September 1, 2007.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1246, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 312, Sec. 51, eff. June 18, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1325, Sec. 15.49, eff. June 21, 2003.
Transferred from Transportation Code, Section 361.256 and amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 281 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 2.41, eff. June 14, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 258 (S.B. 11), Sec. 4.07, eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 641 (S.B. 959), Sec. 7, eff. June 17, 2011.
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Cited by 3 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Transp. Code § 228.058. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Transportation Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 228.0545TOLL NOT PAID AT TIME OF USE; INVOICE.Printed as Section 228.058
- Tex. Transp. Code § 370.177FAILURE OR REFUSAL TO PAY TURNPIKE PROJECT TOLL; OFFENSE; ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY.Printed as Sections 228.058(a)
- Tex. Transp. Code § 372.051USE OF MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION OR LICENSE PLATE INFORMATION.Printed as Section 228.058
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