87R10514 JAM-D     By: Hughes S.B. No. 1183       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a highway toll exemption for certain vehicles that are   owned by or operated on behalf of public schools or open-enrollment   charter schools.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 372, Transportation Code,   is amended by adding Section 372.059 to read as follows:          Sec. 372.059.  CERTAIN SCHOOL VEHICLES. (a)  A toll project   entity may not require the payment of a toll for use of a toll   project by a vehicle that is exempt from registration fees under   Section 502.453 and is:                (1)  owned by and used exclusively in the service of:                      (A)  a school district in this state; or                      (B)  an open-enrollment charter school; or                (2)  owned by a commercial transportation company and   used exclusively to provide public school transportation services   to a school district under Section 34.008, Education Code.          (b)  This section does not apply to the use of a toll project   for which the terms of financial assistance provided for the   project or bonds issued for the project prohibit the toll project   entity that operates the project from providing the toll exemption   required by this section.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.