Bill Text: TX HB156 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the authorization by referendum of an optional county fee on vehicle registration in certain counties.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-14 - Received from the House [HB156 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB156-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Ortega, Moody, González of El Paso, | H.B. No. 156 | |
| Fierro, Ordaz Perez | ||
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| relating to the authorization by referendum of an optional county | ||
| fee on vehicle registration in certain counties. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 502.4021 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 502.4021. OPTIONAL COUNTY FEE FOR TRANSPORTATION | ||
| PROJECTS APPROVED BY METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION. (a) This | ||
| section applies only to a county that borders the United Mexican | ||
| States and contains a municipality that unilaterally created a | ||
| regional mobility authority. | ||
| (b) The commissioners court of a county by order may impose, | ||
| in addition to any fee imposed under Section 502.402 or another | ||
| provision of this chapter, a fee of not more than $10 for a vehicle | ||
| registered in the county if approved by a majority of the qualified | ||
| voters of the county voting at an election, which the commissioners | ||
| court may order and hold for that purpose. | ||
| (c) A vehicle that may be registered under this chapter | ||
| without payment of a registration fee may be registered under this | ||
| section without payment of the additional fee. | ||
| (d) A fee imposed under this section may take effect and be | ||
| removed in accordance with the requirements of Section 502.401. | ||
| (e) The additional fee shall be collected for a vehicle when | ||
| other fees imposed under this chapter are collected. | ||
| (f) The fee revenue collected shall be sent to a regional | ||
| mobility authority located in the county to fund long-term | ||
| transportation projects in the county that are: | ||
| (1) consistent with the purposes specified by Section | ||
| 7-a, Article VIII, Texas Constitution; and | ||
| (2) included in a plan approved by the metropolitan | ||
| planning organization that serves the county. | ||
| (g) The department shall adopt rules necessary to | ||
| administer registration 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, 2021. | ||
