Bill Text: TX HB3956 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to authorizing an optional county fee on vehicle registration in certain counties to be used for transportation projects.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-19 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB3956 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3956-Comm_Sub.html
87R17146 JAM-D | |||
By: Kuempel | H.B. No. 3956 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3956: | |||
By: Perez | C.S.H.B. No. 3956 |
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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), 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; [ |
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(2) a county that has a population of more than 1.5 | ||
million that is coterminous with a regional mobility authority; and | ||
(3) the most populous county adjacent to a county | ||
described by Subdivision (2). | ||
(b) The commissioners court of a county by order may impose | ||
an additional fee for a vehicle registered in the county. Except as | ||
provided by Subsection (b-1), the fee may not exceed $10. In a | ||
county described by Subsection (a)(3), the fee must be 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 September 1, 2021. |