Bill Text: TX SB1216 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to imposing an additional fee for the registration of an alternatively fueled vehicle.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-03 - Left pending in committee [SB1216 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1216-Introduced.html
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By: Schwertner | S.B. No. 1216 |
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relating to imposing an additional fee for the registration of an | ||
alternatively fueled vehicle. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 502.198(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as provided by Sections 502.058, 502.060, | ||
502.1911, 502.192, 502.356, [ |
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Subchapter H, this section applies to all fees collected by a county | ||
assessor-collector under this chapter. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter G, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 502.360 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 502.360. ADDITIONAL FEE FOR ALTERNATIVELY FUELED | ||
VEHICLES. (a) In this section, "alternatively fueled vehicle" has | ||
the meaning assigned by Section 502.004. | ||
(b) In addition to other fees authorized under this chapter, | ||
at the time of application for registration or renewal of | ||
registration of an alternatively fueled vehicle, the applicant | ||
shall pay an additional fee in an amount equal to the product of: | ||
(1) the number of miles driven by the alternatively | ||
fueled vehicle in the preceding year; and | ||
(2) the amount calculated under Subsection (c) for | ||
that class of vehicle. | ||
(c) The department shall, for each class of vehicle | ||
registered under this chapter, calculate the average amount of | ||
taxes imposed under Chapter 162, Tax Code, that a vehicle operating | ||
only on gasoline or diesel fuel pays for each mile driven. | ||
(d) Fees collected under this section shall be deposited to | ||
the credit of the state highway fund. | ||
(e) The board shall adopt rules necessary to administer | ||
registration for an alternatively fueled vehicle under this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |