Bill Text: TX HB53 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the exemption from registration fees of certain vehicles used by nonprofit disaster relief organizations.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-12 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB53 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB53-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 53 |
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relating to the exemption from registration fees of certain | ||
vehicles used by nonprofit disaster relief organizations. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 502.454(a), (b), and (f), | ||
Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The owner of a commercial motor vehicle, trailer, or | ||
semitrailer may apply for registration under Section 502.451 and is | ||
exempt from the payment of the registration fee that would | ||
otherwise be required by this chapter if the vehicle is: | ||
(1) owned [ |
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nonprofit disaster relief organization; and | ||
(2) used by the organization exclusively for | ||
emergencies, training, equipment maintenance, transportation of | ||
disaster relief supplies, or other activities related to disaster | ||
relief. | ||
(b) An application for registration under this section must | ||
include: | ||
(1) a statement by the owner of the vehicle that the | ||
vehicle is used exclusively as described by Subsection (a) [ |
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(2) a statement signed by an officer of the nonprofit | ||
disaster relief organization that the vehicle has [ |
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exclusively as described by Subsection (a) [ |
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section; and | ||
(3) a reasonable description of the vehicle and the | ||
emergency equipment included in the vehicle. | ||
(f) A vehicle registered under this section that is used | ||
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 53 was passed by the House on April | ||
14, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 53 was passed by the Senate on May 23, | ||
2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |