Bill Text: TX SB1720 | 2021-2022 | 87th 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) 2021-03-26 - Referred to Transportation [SB1720 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1720-Introduced.html
87R12104 MP-F | ||
By: Eckhardt | S.B. No. 1720 |
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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 of: | ||
(1) $100, if the vehicle is an electric vehicle; or | ||
(2) $80, if the vehicle is a hybrid vehicle. | ||
(c) Fees collected under this section must be deposited to | ||
the credit of the Texas mobility fund. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |