Bill Text: TX SB1064 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the extended registration of certain county fleet vehicles.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-18 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB1064 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1064-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1064 |
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relating to the extended registration of certain county fleet | ||
vehicles. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 502.0025 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 502.0025. EXTENDED REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN COUNTY | ||
FLEET VEHICLES. (a) In this section, "exempt county fleet" means a | ||
group of two or more nonapportioned motor vehicles, semitrailers, | ||
or trailers described by Section 502.453(a) that is owned by and | ||
used exclusively in the service of a county with a population of 3.3 | ||
million or more. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding the annual registration requirements of | ||
Sections 502.044(c) and 502.453(a), the department shall develop | ||
and implement a system of registration to allow an owner of an | ||
exempt county fleet to register vehicles in the fleet for an | ||
extended registration period of not less than one year or more than | ||
eight years. | ||
(c) A system of extended registration under this section | ||
must allow the owner of an exempt county fleet to: | ||
(1) select the number of years for registration under | ||
this section; | ||
(2) register the entire fleet in the county of the | ||
owner's principal place of business; | ||
(3) register the motor vehicles in the fleet that are | ||
operated most regularly in the same county; or | ||
(4) register the entire fleet directly with the | ||
department. | ||
(d) A motor vehicle, semitrailer, or trailer registered | ||
under this section is subject to the inspection requirements of | ||
Chapter 548 as if the vehicle, semitrailer, or trailer were | ||
registered without an extended registration period. | ||
(e) The department shall adopt rules to implement this | ||
section, including rules: | ||
(1) regarding the suspension of an exempt county | ||
fleet's registration under this section if the owner of the exempt | ||
county fleet fails to comply with this section or rules adopted | ||
under this section; and | ||
(2) establishing a method to enforce the inspection | ||
requirements of Chapter 548 for motor vehicles, semitrailers, and | ||
trailers registered under this section. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 502.453, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 502.453. GOVERNMENT-OWNED VEHICLES; PUBLIC SCHOOL | ||
BUSES; FIRE-FIGHTING VEHICLES; COUNTY MARINE LAW ENFORCEMENT | ||
VEHICLES; U.S. COAST GUARD AUXILIARY VEHICLES. (a) The owner of a | ||
motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer may [ |
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registration under Section 502.0025 or 502.451 and is exempt from | ||
the payment of a registration fee under this chapter if the vehicle | ||
is: | ||
(1) owned by and used exclusively in the service of: | ||
(A) the United States; | ||
(B) this state; | ||
(C) a county, municipality, or school district in | ||
this state; or | ||
(D) an open-enrollment charter school; | ||
(2) owned by a commercial transportation company and | ||
used exclusively to provide public school transportation services | ||
to a school district under Section 34.008, Education Code; | ||
(3) designed and used exclusively for fire fighting; | ||
(4) owned by a volunteer fire department and used | ||
exclusively in the conduct of department business; | ||
(5) privately owned and used by a volunteer | ||
exclusively in county marine law enforcement activities, including | ||
rescue operations, under the direction of the sheriff's department; | ||
(6) used by law enforcement under an alias for covert | ||
criminal investigations; or | ||
(7) owned by units of the United States Coast Guard | ||
Auxiliary headquartered in Texas and used exclusively for conduct | ||
of United States Coast Guard or Coast Guard Auxiliary business and | ||
operations, including search and rescue, emergency communications, | ||
and disaster operations. | ||
(b) An application for registration under this section or | ||
Section 502.0025 must be made by a person having the authority to | ||
certify that the vehicle meets the exemption requirements | ||
prescribed by Subsection (a). An application for registration | ||
under this section of a fire-fighting vehicle described by | ||
Subsection (a)(3) must include a reasonable description of the | ||
vehicle and of any fire-fighting equipment mounted on the vehicle. | ||
An application for registration under this section of a vehicle | ||
described by Subsection (a)(5) must include a statement signed by a | ||
person having the authority to act for a sheriff's department that | ||
the vehicle is used exclusively in marine law enforcement | ||
activities under the direction of the sheriff's department. An | ||
application for registration under this section of a vehicle | ||
described by Subsection (a)(7) must include a statement signed by a | ||
person having authority to act for the United States Coast Guard | ||
Auxiliary that the vehicle or trailer is used exclusively in | ||
fulfillment of an authorized mission of the United States Coast | ||
Guard or Coast Guard Auxiliary, including search and rescue, | ||
patrol, emergency communications, or disaster operations. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1064 passed the Senate on | ||
April 19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1064 passed the House on | ||
May 5, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, one present | ||
not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |