Bill Text: TX HB1959 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to alternative registration technologies for commercial motor vehicles.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective immediately [HB1959 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1959-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to alternative registration technologies for commercial motor vehicles.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective immediately [HB1959 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1959-Engrossed.html
By: Thompson of Harris, Morrison | H.B. No. 1959 |
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relating to a study by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles of | ||
alternative registration technologies for commercial motor | ||
vehicles. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 1003, Transportation Code, is amended by | ||
adding Section 1003.006 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1003.006. STUDY ON REGISTRATION OF COMMERCIAL MOTOR | ||
VEHICLES. (a) The department shall: | ||
(1) conduct a study that: | ||
(A) identifies and assesses alternative | ||
technologies for registering commercial motor vehicles to replace | ||
license plates, permits, and other existing documentation and | ||
registration methods currently in use in this state; and | ||
(B) evaluates the safety and suitability for use | ||
on roadways of the technologies identified under Paragraph (A); and | ||
(2) submit a report on the results of the study to the | ||
governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of | ||
representatives, and the chair of the standing committee of each | ||
house of the legislature with primary jurisdiction over | ||
transportation issues not later than December 21, 2018. | ||
(b) The department may collaborate with another state | ||
agency or a research division of an institution of higher education | ||
in this state to conduct the study. | ||
(c) This section expires January 1, 2019. | ||
SECTION 2. (a) In this section, "department" means the | ||
Texas Department of Motor Vehicles. | ||
(b) The department, in consultation with a state agency or | ||
research division of an institution of higher education in this | ||
state, shall establish a pilot program at no cost to the state that | ||
identifies, implements, and assesses alternative technologies to | ||
replace license plates, permits, and other existing documentation | ||
and registration methods currently in use for the registration of | ||
commercial motor vehicles in this state. | ||
(c) The pilot program must: | ||
(1) evaluate the safety and suitability of the | ||
alternative technologies identified under Subsection (b) of this | ||
section for use on roadways; and | ||
(2) be funded through contributions by participants | ||
who voluntarily opt into the pilot program. | ||
(d) Not later than December 21, 2018, the department shall | ||
submit a report on the results of the pilot program to the governor, | ||
lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and | ||
presiding officer of each legislative standing committee with | ||
primary jurisdiction over transportation. | ||
(e) This section expires January 1, 2019. | ||
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, 2017. |