Tex. Transp. Code § 284.070 · Subchapter C. CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION
NONPAYMENT OF TOLL; OFFENSE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person:
(1) operates a vehicle on a county project; and
(2) fails or refuses to pay a toll imposed under Section 284.069.
(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $100.
(c) The county may take and retain possession of a vehicle operated in violation of Subsection (a) until the amount of the toll and all charges in connection with the toll are paid.
(d) In a county with a population over 2.8 million, an offense under this section may be prosecuted in any precinct in the county in which the offense was committed.
(e) An authorized emergency vehicle, as defined by Section 541.201, is exempt from payment of a toll imposed under this chapter regardless of whether the vehicle is:
(1) responding to an emergency;
(2) displaying a flashing light; or
(3) marked as an emergency vehicle.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1107, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 258 (S.B. 11), Sec. 4.02, eff. September 1, 2007.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.284.htm
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Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Transp. Code § 284.070. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Transportation Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 284.0701ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS; NOTICE; OFFENSE.Printed as Section 284.070
- Tex. Transp. Code § 284.0702PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE; DEFENSE.Printed as Section 284.070 | Section 284.070 or 284.0701
- Tex. Transp. Code § 284.2031CIVIL AND CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT: FINE.Printed as Section 284.070, 284.0701, or 284.203
- Tex. Transp. Code § 541.201VEHICLES.Printed as Section 228.054, 284.070, 366.178, or 370.177
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