Bill Text: TX HB1262 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the extended registration of certain vehicles not subject to inspection.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 15-5)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-05 - Effective immediately [HB1262 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1262-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1262 |
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relating to the extended registration of certain vehicles not | ||
subject to inspection. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 502.0024 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 502.0024. EXTENDED REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN VEHICLES | ||
NOT SUBJECT TO INSPECTION. (a) Notwithstanding Section | ||
502.044(c), the department shall develop and implement a system of | ||
registration to allow an owner of a vehicle described by Section | ||
548.052(3) other than a mobile home to register the vehicle for an | ||
extended registration period of not more than five years. The owner | ||
may select the number of years for registration under this section | ||
within that range and register the vehicle for that period. Payment | ||
for all applicable fees, including any optional fee imposed under | ||
Subchapter H and other registration fees and the fee required by | ||
Section 548.510, for the entire registration period selected is due | ||
at the time of registration. | ||
(b) The fee required by Section 548.510 shall be remitted to | ||
the comptroller for deposit in the Texas mobility fund, the general | ||
revenue fund, and the clean air account in amounts proportionate to | ||
the allocation prescribed by Subsection (b) of that section. | ||
(c) The fees imposed under Subchapter H shall be collected | ||
and remitted as prescribed by that subchapter. | ||
SECTION 2. Not later than February 1, 2020, the Texas | ||
Department of Motor Vehicles shall adopt the system required by | ||
Section 502.0024, Transportation Code, as added by this Act, and | ||
any rules necessary to implement that section. | ||
SECTION 3. 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, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1262 was passed by the House on April | ||
25, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 132, Nays 1, 1 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 1262 on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, | ||
1 present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1262 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |