Bill Text: TX HB3353 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to authorizing an optional county fee on vehicle registration in certain counties to be used for transportation projects.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-03 - Left pending in committee [HB3353 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB3353-Introduced.html

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86R12039 MTB-D
By: Bucy H.B. No. 3353

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authorizing an optional county fee on vehicle
registration in certain counties to be used for transportation
projects.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 502.402(a) and (b-1), Transportation
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) This section applies only to:
(1) a county that:
(A) borders the United Mexican States; and
(B) has a population of more than 250,000; [and]
(2) a county that has a population of more than 1.5
million that is coterminous with a regional mobility authority; and
(3) a county with a population of less than 500,000
that is part of a regional mobility authority created under Chapter
370 in which a county with a population of more than one million is
also located.
(b-1) The commissioners court of a county described by
Subsection (a)(1) or (2) [(a)] with a population of less than
700,000 may increase the additional fee to an amount that does not
exceed $20 if approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the
county voting on the issue at a referendum election, which the
commissioners court may order and hold for that purpose.
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, 2019.