81st Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2983, Chapter 918 Page: 2 of 9
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H.B. No. 2983
1 first class mail before the 30th day after the date of receipt of
2 the required information from the lessor. The lessee of the
3 vehicle for which the proper toll was not paid who is mailed a
4 written notice of nonpayment under this subsection and fails to pay
5 the proper toll and administrative fee within the time specified by
6 the notice of nonpayment commits an offense. The lessee shall pay
7 a separate toll and administrative fee for each event of
8 nonpayment. Each failure to pay a toll or administrative fee under
9 this subsection is a separate offense.
10 SECTION 2. Sections 228.056(b) and (c), Transportation
11 Code, are amended to read as follows:
12 (b) In the prosecution of an offense under Section
13 228.055(c), (d-1) [.4}], or (e):
14 (1) it is presumed that the notice of nonpayment was
15 received on the fifth day after the date of mailing;
16 (2) a computer record of the department of the
17 registered owner of the vehicle is prima facie evidence of its
18 contents and that the defendant was the registered owner of the
19 vehicle when the underlying event of nonpayment under Section
20 228.054 occurred; and
21 (3) a copy of the rental, lease, or other contract
22 document, or the electronic data provided to the department under
23 Section 228.055(d), covering the vehicle on the date of the
24 underlying event of nonpayment under Section 228.054 is prima facie
25 evidence of its contents and that the defendant was the lessee of
26 the vehicle when the underlying event of nonpayment under Section
27 228.054 occurred.
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. 81st Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2983, Chapter 918, legislative document, June 19, 2009; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth148641/m1/2/: accessed May 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.