Bill Text: TX HB1971 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to imposing an additional fee for the registration of electric and hybrid vehicles.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-01 - Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. [HB1971 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB1971-Introduced.html

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86R9952 AAF-F
By: King of Hemphill H.B. No. 1971

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to imposing an additional fee for the registration of
electric and hybrid vehicles.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 502.198(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Sections 502.058, 502.060,
502.1911, 502.192, 502.356, [and] 502.357, and 502.360 and
Subchapter H, this section applies to all fees collected by a county
assessor-collector under this chapter.
SECTION 2. Subchapter G, Chapter 502, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 502.360 to read as follows:
Sec. 502.360. ADDITIONAL FEE FOR ELECTRIC AND HYBRID
VEHICLES. (a) In this section:
(1) "Electric vehicle" means a motor vehicle that uses
electricity as its only source of motor power.
(2) "Hybrid vehicle" means a motor vehicle that uses
gasoline or conventional diesel fuel and electricity as its sources
of motor power.
(b) In addition to other fees authorized under this chapter,
at the time of application for registration or renewal of
registration of an electric vehicle or hybrid vehicle, the
applicant shall pay an additional fee of:
(1) $200, if the vehicle is an electric vehicle; or
(2) $100, if the vehicle is a hybrid vehicle.
(c) Fees collected under this section must be deposited to
the credit of the state highway fund.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.