Bill Text: TX HB1669 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of a motor vehicle mileage fee pilot program for certain motor vehicles by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-10 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1669 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1669-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Harper-Brown | H.B. No. 1669 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1669: | |||
| By: Bonnen | C.S.H.B. No. 1669 | ||
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| relating to the establishment of a motor vehicle mileage fee pilot | ||
| program for certain motor vehicles by the Texas Department of Motor | ||
| Vehicles. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: | ||
| (1) "Department" means the Texas Department of Motor | ||
| Vehicles. | ||
| (2) "Electric motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle | ||
| that uses electricity as its only source of motor power. | ||
| (3) "Hybrid motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle that | ||
| draws propulsion energy from both gasoline or conventional diesel | ||
| fuel and a rechargeable energy storage system. | ||
| (4) "Liquefied fuel motor vehicle" means a motor | ||
| vehicle that operates on one or any combination of the following: | ||
| (A) liquefied natural gas; | ||
| (B) butane; | ||
| (C) ethane; or | ||
| (D) propane. | ||
| (5) "Plug-in hybrid electric motor vehicle" means a | ||
| motor vehicle that draws propulsion energy from both gasoline or | ||
| conventional diesel fuel and batteries that can be charged from an | ||
| external electrical outlet. | ||
| SECTION 2. MOTOR VEHICLE MILEAGE FEE PILOT PROGRAM. (a) | ||
| The department, in consultation with the Texas Department of | ||
| Transportation, Department of Public Safety, and comptroller of | ||
| public accounts, by rule shall: | ||
| (1) establish the administrative framework needed to | ||
| implement a system for assessing a motor vehicle mileage fee; and | ||
| (2) implement a pilot program to gather data regarding | ||
| the feasibility of implementing a motor vehicle mileage fee using | ||
| the established mileage fee framework. | ||
| (b) A person who owns an electric motor vehicle, a plug-in | ||
| hybrid electric motor vehicle, a hybrid motor vehicle, or a | ||
| liquefied fuel motor vehicle that is registered in Dallas or | ||
| Tarrant County is eligible to participate in the pilot program. The | ||
| pilot program must provide for optional participation and be | ||
| available to the first 1,000 persons eligible to participate. A | ||
| person participating in the pilot program may not be charged a fee | ||
| for participating in the pilot program. | ||
| (c) The department must establish the administrative | ||
| framework needed to implement a system for assessing a motor | ||
| vehicle mileage fee not later than January 1, 2012. The pilot | ||
| program must begin not later than January 1, 2012, and must end not | ||
| later than July 15, 2012. | ||
| (d) The department, in consultation with the Texas | ||
| Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, and | ||
| comptroller of public accounts, shall establish incentives for | ||
| participation in the pilot program. | ||
| (e) A person who participates in the pilot program must have | ||
| the mileage of the person's vehicle determined by an odometer | ||
| reading that will occur in a manner specified by the department. | ||
| (f) In evaluating the feasibility of implementing a motor | ||
| vehicle mileage fee, the department shall consider, to the extent | ||
| possible: | ||
| (1) economic efficiency; | ||
| (2) long-term revenue generation; | ||
| (3) long-term revenue stability; | ||
| (4) charging fairness; and | ||
| (5) privacy concerns. | ||
| SECTION 3. REPORT. Not later than October 1, 2014, the | ||
| department shall submit a report to the legislature that includes | ||
| recommendations regarding the feasibility of assessing a motor | ||
| vehicle mileage fee in this state or another fee to replace the gas | ||
| tax. | ||
| SECTION 4. EXPIRATION. This Act expires December 31, 2014. | ||
| SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 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, 2011. | ||
