Bill Text: TX HB392 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to authorizing an optional county fee for vehicle registration to fund certain transportation projects.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-20 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB392 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB392-Comm_Sub.html
84R2227 JRR-F | ||
By: McClendon, et al. | H.B. No. 392 |
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relating to authorizing an optional county fee for vehicle | ||
registration to fund certain transportation projects. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 502.4015 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 502.4015. OPTIONAL COUNTY FEE FOR CERTAIN | ||
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. (a) In addition to any other fee | ||
authorized under this chapter, the commissioners court of a county | ||
by order may impose an additional fee, not to exceed $10, for | ||
registering a vehicle in the county. | ||
(b) A vehicle that may be registered under this chapter | ||
without payment of a registration fee may be registered in a county | ||
imposing a fee under this section without payment of the additional | ||
fee. | ||
(c) A fee imposed under this section may take effect and be | ||
removed in accordance with the provisions of Section 502.401. | ||
(d) The county assessor-collector of a county imposing a fee | ||
under this section shall collect the additional fee for a vehicle | ||
when other fees imposed under this chapter are collected. The | ||
county may use the fee revenue only to fund a nontolled | ||
transportation project that: | ||
(1) relieves congestion; | ||
(2) improves safety; or | ||
(3) addresses air quality. | ||
(e) The department shall collect the additional fee on a | ||
vehicle that is owned by a resident of a county imposing a fee under | ||
this section and that, under this chapter, must be registered | ||
directly with the department. The department shall send all fees | ||
collected for a county under this subsection to the county | ||
treasurer for use as provided by Subsection (d). | ||
(f) The board shall adopt rules and develop forms necessary | ||
to administer registration by mail for a vehicle being registered | ||
in a county imposing a fee under this section. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |