Tex. Transportation Code § 372.113
This is the official text of Tex. Transportation Code § 372.113, part of Texas’s Transportation Code — governs vehicles, drivers, and roadways.
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§ 372.113. HABITUAL VIOLATOR REMEDIES AGAINST LESSEE OF VEHICLE.
Official statutory text
(a) A toll project entity may seek habitual violator remedies against a lessee of a vehicle and not the registered owner if the toll project entity sends to the lessee, in accordance with applicable toll project entity law, at least two notices of nonpayment containing:
(1) the warning under Section 372.106(a)(1)(B); and
(2) in the aggregate, 100 or more events of nonpayment in the period of one year, not including events of nonpayment for which a defense of theft at the time of the nonpayment has been established as provided by applicable toll project entity law, that:
(A) were not paid in full by the dates specified in the notices and that remain not fully paid; and
(B) were incurred during the period of the lease as shown in a lease contract document provided by the registered owner to the toll project entity as provided by applicable toll project entity law.
(b) A toll project entity seeking habitual violator remedies against a lessee under Subsection (a) shall use the procedures of this subchapter as if the lessee were the registered owner.
(1) the warning under Section 372.106(a)(1)(B); and
(2) in the aggregate, 100 or more events of nonpayment in the period of one year, not including events of nonpayment for which a defense of theft at the time of the nonpayment has been established as provided by applicable toll project entity law, that:
(A) were not paid in full by the dates specified in the notices and that remain not fully paid; and
(B) were incurred during the period of the lease as shown in a lease contract document provided by the registered owner to the toll project entity as provided by applicable toll project entity law.
(b) A toll project entity seeking habitual violator remedies against a lessee under Subsection (a) shall use the procedures of this subchapter as if the lessee were the registered owner.
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