Bill Text: TX HB5242 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the portion of the fee for certain vehicle safety inspections that is remitted to the state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-24 - Referred to Appropriations [HB5242 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB5242-Introduced.html

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88R12972 BEE-F
By: Guillen H.B. No. 5242

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the portion of the fee for certain vehicle safety
inspections that is remitted to the state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 382.0622(a), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Clean Air Act fees consist of:
(1) fees collected by the commission under Sections
382.062, 382.0621, 382.202, and 382.302 and as otherwise provided
by law;
[(2) $2 from the portion of each fee collected for
inspections of vehicles other than mopeds and remitted to the state
under Sections 548.501 and 548.503, Transportation Code;] and
(2) [(3)] fees collected that are required under
Section 185 of the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7511d).
SECTION 2. Section 548.501(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) Out of each fee for an inspection, $3.50 [$5.50] shall
be remitted to the state under Section 548.509.
SECTION 3. Section 548.503(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) Out of each fee for an inspection under this section,
$12.75 [$14.75] shall be remitted to the state under Section
548.509.
SECTION 4. Section 548.508, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 548.508. DISPOSITION OF FEES. Except as provided by
Section [Sections 382.0622 and] 382.202, Health and Safety Code,
and Section 548.5055, each fee remitted to the comptroller under
this subchapter shall be deposited to the credit of the Texas
mobility fund.
SECTION 5. Sections 548.510(a) and (b), Transportation
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) A vehicle described by Section 548.052(3) that has an
actual gross weight or registered gross weight of more than 4,500
pounds is subject to a fee in the amount of $5.50 [$7.50].
(b) The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles or a county
assessor-collector that registers a vehicle described by
Subsection (a) shall collect at the time of registration of the
vehicle the fee prescribed by Subsection (a). The Texas Department
of Motor Vehicles or the county assessor-collector, as applicable,
shall remit the fee to the comptroller. Each fee remitted to the
comptroller under this section shall be deposited as follows:
(1) $3.50 to the credit of the Texas mobility fund; and
(2) $2 to the credit of the general revenue fund[; and
[(3) $2 to the credit of the clean air account].
SECTION 6. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
the remittance of a fee collected on or after the effective date of
this Act. The remittance of a fee collected before the effective
date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the fee
was collected, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.