Tex. Transp. Code § 284.206 · Subchapter D. UNAUTHORIZED USE OF TOLL ROADS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES
ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING: PRESUMPTION; EVIDENCE OF OWNERSHIP.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In an administrative adjudication hearing under this subchapter it is presumed that the registered owner of the motor vehicle that is the subject of the hearing is the person who operated or allowed the operation of the motor vehicle in violation of the order.
(b) A computer record of the department of the registered vehicle owner is prima facie evidence of its contents and that the defendant was the registered owner of the vehicle at the time the violation occurred.
(c) Proof of the violation of the order may be shown by a video recording, photograph, electronic recording, or other appropriate evidence, including evidence obtained by automated enforcement technology.
(d) It is a defense to prosecution under this subchapter that the vehicle in question was stolen before the failure to pay the proper toll occurred and had not been recovered before the failure to pay occurred, but only if the theft was reported to the appropriate law enforcement authority before the earlier of:
(1) the occurrence of the failure to pay; or
(2) eight hours after the discovery of the theft.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.18(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 372, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.284.htm
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