{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-362.901","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 362.901","heading":"FREE USE OF TOLL PROJECT BY MILITARY VEHICLES.","body":"(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.\n(b) A rule adopted under this section must:\n(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\n(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.\n(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.\n(d) In this section:\n(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.\n(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.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 157, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 747 (H.B. 1274), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 6. ROADWAYS","SUBTITLE G. TURNPIKES AND TOLL PROJECTS","CHAPTER 362. TURNPIKES AND TOLL PROJECTS","SUBCHAPTER Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.362.htm#362.901","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"44863080694c5eb20e75f03a03d44ae72eeebef9f69aba61e2cff60f70db507c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-362.106","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-362.902"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}