If you’ve accrued late charges for unpaid tolls on state roadways in Texas over the last decade, there’s positive news.
The Texas Department of Transportation is set to cancel roughly $1.3 billion in outstanding late charges,KXAN-TV reported.
The state will eliminate balances from fees incurred between 2007 and March 1, 2018, the date a law took effect limiting annual fees to $48.
Going forward, the Texas Department of Transportation will charge late fees of only $4 per month for drivers who haven’t paid tolls.
The amnesty and revised fee policy apply solely to tollways operated by the state transportation agency.
KXAN-TV noted drivers had previously been charged $25 for each toll violation. Last year, motorists paid $21.7 million in late fees altogether. In the first two months of this year alone, they paid another $2.1 million.
The station reported it may take several weeks for the Texas Department of Transportation to remove all prior late-fee balances from drivers’ accounts. Individuals who already paid their late fees will not receive refunds.
Alex Marshall is a staff writer at Savinly.
Frequently Asked Questions
The law capped annual late fees for state-operated tollways and effectively limited ongoing late charges, leading TxDOT to set a $4 per month late fee for unpaid tolls going forward.
The cancellation applies to outstanding late charges on Texas state-operated tollways that were incurred between 2007 and March 1, 2018, when the fee limit law took effect.
No. According to the announcement, individuals who previously paid their late fees will not receive refunds despite the cancellation of those past balances.
TxDOT indicated it could take several weeks to fully remove prior late-fee balances from drivers’ accounts as they implement the amnesty and account adjustments.
No. The amnesty and revised $4/month late fee policy apply only to tollways operated by the Texas Department of Transportation, not necessarily to all toll operators in the state.
