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Public Hearing and Introductory Ordinance of the City of Laredo, Texas, amending Ordinance 2024-O-110 of the City of Laredo to authorize and penalize repeat U-Turn offenders, allow them to cross and charge the following: authorizing to increase the insufficient fund fee to $500.00 for the 1st U-Turn Offense plus the per axle toll fee, $1,000.00 for the 2nd U-Turn Offense plus the per axle toll fee and $2,000.00 for the 3rd U-Turn Offense plus the per axle crossing fee for southbound commercial vehicles that arrive at the toll booth with insufficient funds in the automatic vehicle identification (A.V.I.) account and if an A.V.I. account has more than three (3) insufficient fund U-turns, the account will be suspended and charged a re-activation fee of $200.00. The company must leave a credit card on file and schedule automatic replenishment of funds as further described in Exhibit "A" and hereby repealing all conflicting sections in all ordinances currently in effect.
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PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION
On June 10, 2024, City Council approved the final reading amending Section 1 of Ordinance 2024-O-110 of the City of Laredo and authorized to increase the insufficient fund fee to $100.00 plus the $4.75 per axle fee for southbound commercial vehicles that arrive at the toll booth with insufficient funds in the Automatic Vehicle Identification (A.V.I.) System as further described in Exhibit "A" and hereby repealing all conflicting sections in all ordinances currently in effect.
BACKGROUND
The need to increase the insufficient fund fee for southbound commercial vehicles utilizing the Automatic Vehicle Identification System (A.V.I.) is to continue to avoid a disruption to the flow of traffic.
Currently when a vehicle arrives at the toll booth and the A.V.I. account associated with that vehicle does not have enough funds to cover the toll fee, the vehicle is not allowed to continue into Mexico and is advised to turn around and exit the toll facilities.
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