GALVESTON-PORT BOLIVAR FERRY AND PORT ARANSAS FERRY VEHICLE STICKERS.
Tex. TRANSP Code § 342.004.
in effect(a) The department may adopt rules to establish a system under which an owner of a motor vehicle may apply to the department for issuance of:
(1) a sticker for the vehicle that entitles the vehicle to have priority in boarding the Galveston-Port Bolivar ferry operated by the department; or
(2) a sticker for the vehicle that entitles the vehicle to have priority in boarding the Port Aransas ferry operated by the department.
(b) Any rules adopted under this section must:
(1) establish a design for the sticker for each ferry;
(2) designate the place where a sticker must be affixed to the windshield of the motor vehicle for which it is issued;
(3) establish an annual fee for a ferry vehicle sticker;
(4) prescribe forms necessary for the administration of this section; and
(5) ensure that a vehicle displaying a sticker issued under this section is given priority in boarding the applicable ferry only until the ferry reaches 50 percent of its vehicle capacity.
(c) The department shall deposit each fee collected under this section to the credit of the state highway fund.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 810, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
SUBCHAPTER B. ESTABLISHING TOLL BRIDGE OR FERRY