Bill Text: TX SB1471 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to imposing an additional fee for the registration of electric and hybrid vehicles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-03 - Left pending in committee [SB1471 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1471-Introduced.html
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| By: Powell | S.B. No. 1471 | |
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| relating to imposing an additional fee for the registration of | ||
| electric and hybrid vehicles. | ||
| 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 ELECTRIC AND HYBRID | ||
| VEHICLES. (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Electric vehicle" means a motor vehicle that uses | ||
| electricity as its only source of motor power. | ||
| (2) "Hybrid vehicle" means a motor vehicle that uses | ||
| gasoline or conventional diesel fuel and electricity as its sources | ||
| of motor power. | ||
| (b) In addition to other fees authorized under this chapter, | ||
| at the time of application for registration or renewal of | ||
| registration of an electric vehicle or hybrid vehicle, the | ||
| applicant shall pay an additional fee as determined by the board | ||
| under Subsection (c). | ||
| (c) The comptroller, in consultation with the Texas A&M | ||
| Transportation Institute, shall calculate and recommend to the | ||
| board an additional registration fee based on the average annual | ||
| amount of taxes imposed under Chapter 162, Tax Code, that an | ||
| electric vehicle or hybrid vehicle would pay if the vehicle | ||
| operated only on gasoline or diesel fuel. The board by rule shall | ||
| set the fee imposed under this section based on the recommendation | ||
| made by the comptroller. | ||
| (d) Fees collected under this section shall be deposited to | ||
| the credit of the state highway fund. | ||
| SECTION 3. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this | ||
| section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| (b) Section 502.360(b), Transportation Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, takes effect January 1, 2020. | ||
