Bill Text: TX HB1573 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to authorizing an optional county fee on vehicle registration in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB1573 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1573-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to authorizing an optional county fee on vehicle registration in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB1573 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1573-Introduced.html
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By: McClendon | H.B. No. 1573 |
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relating to authorizing an optional county fee on vehicle | ||
registration in certain counties. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 502.402, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by amending Subsections (a) and (e) and adding Subsection (g) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) This section applies only to: | ||
(1) a county: | ||
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States; | ||
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300,000; and | ||
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population of less than 300,000; and | ||
(2) a county that contains an advanced transportation | ||
district formed under Subchapter O, Chapter 451. | ||
(e) The additional fee shall be collected for a vehicle when | ||
other fees imposed under this chapter are collected. Except as | ||
provided by Subsection (g), the [ |
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be sent to the regional mobility authority of the county to fund | ||
long-term transportation projects in the county. | ||
(g) A county described by Subsection (a)(2) shall deposit | ||
the fee revenue collected in a special account in the county | ||
general fund. Money in the account may be used only to fund or | ||
pledge for the financing of a transportation project. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 502.402, Transportation Code, as amended | ||
by this Act, applies only to the fee for a registration period | ||
beginning on or after the effective date of this Act. A fee for a | ||
registration period beginning before the effective date of this Act | ||
is governed by the law in effect when the registration period began, | ||
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |