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      By: Moody, Wharton, Plesa H.B. No. 1557       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to waiver programs for certain veterans provided by toll   project entities.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 372.053(a), (a-1), and (a-2),   Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:          (a)  A toll project entity shall [ may ] establish a discount   program for electronic toll collection customers.          (a-1)  A program established under Subsection (a) :                 (1)   must include free [ or discounted ] use of the   entity's toll project by an electronic toll collection customer   whose account relates to a vehicle registered under Section   [ 504.202 or ] 504.315(f) or (g) ; and                 (2)     may include free or discounted use of the entity's   toll project by other electronic toll collection customers,   including customers whose account relates to a vehicle registered   under Section 504.202 .          (a-2)  A toll project entity may limit to no more than two the   number of transponders issued to a participant in the entity's   waiver program for which free [ or discounted ] use of the entity's   toll project is provided under Subsection (a-1). A toll project   entity that adopts a limit under this subsection shall allow a   participant to be issued one extra transponder on a demonstration   of hardship by the participant, as determined by the entity.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.