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Texas Transportation Code - TRANSP § 362.901. Free Use of Toll Project by Military Vehicles

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) The commission and the governing body of each local governmental entity or private entity that operates a toll project shall adopt rules to allow a military vehicle to use toll projects without payment of a toll or fare.

(b) A rule adopted under this section must:

(1) allow a convoy of military vehicles of this state, another state, or the United States to use the toll project without payment of a toll or fare;  and

(2) allow individual military vehicles to use the toll project without payment of a toll or fare, to the greatest extent practicable, considering the technological and personnel limitations of operating the toll project.

(c) A person who claims a privilege under a rule adopted under this section to which the person is not entitled commits an offense.  An offense under this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor.

(d) In this section:

(1) “Military vehicle” includes an unmarked military vehicle operated by military personnel conducting an emergency preparedness, response, or recovery operation or participating in a training exercise for an emergency preparedness, response, or recovery operation.  The term does not include a vehicle operated for personal use.

(2) “Toll project” includes a toll road, toll highway, turnpike, toll bridge, ferry, or similar project, users of which are required to pay a toll or fare.

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