Bill Text: TX SB1728 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the equalization for road use by and public charging infrastructure for alternatively fueled vehicles; authorizing a fee and a surcharge.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-24 - Returned to Calendars Committee [SB1728 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1728-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the equalization for road use by and public charging infrastructure for alternatively fueled vehicles; authorizing a fee and a surcharge.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-24 - Returned to Calendars Committee [SB1728 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1728-Comm_Sub.html
By: Schwertner, Nichols, Powell | S.B. No. 1728 | |
(In the Senate - Filed March 11, 2021; March 26, 2021, read | ||
first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; | ||
April 19, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable Committee | ||
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 19, 2021, | ||
sent to printer.) | ||
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1728 | By: Seliger |
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relating to the equalization for road use consumption for | |||||
alternatively fueled vehicles imposed at the time of registration | |||||
or registration renewal; authorizing a fee. | |||||
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. EQUALIZATION FOR ROAD USE CONSUMPTION FOR | |||||
ALTERNATIVELY FUELED VEHICLES. (a) In this section: | |||||
(1) "Alternatively fueled vehicle" means a motor | |||||
vehicle that is capable of being powered by a source other than | |||||
gasoline or diesel fuel. | |||||
(2) "Conventionally fueled vehicle" means a motor | |||||
vehicle that is capable of being powered only by gasoline or diesel | |||||
fuel. | |||||
(3) "Hybrid electric vehicle" means a motor vehicle, | |||||
including a plug-in hybrid electric motor vehicle, that is capable | |||||
of being powered by both electricity and gasoline, diesel, or | |||||
another type of fuel. | |||||
(4) "Natural gas vehicle" means a motor vehicle that | |||||
is capable of being powered only by compressed natural gas or | |||||
liquefied natural gas as fuel. | |||||
(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, other than a | |||||
vehicle subject to a fee under Subsection (c) or (d), the applicant | |||||
shall pay an additional fee according to the gross weight of the | |||||
vehicle, as follows: | |||||
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(c) In addition to other fees authorized under this chapter, | |||||
at the time of application for registration or renewal of | |||||
registration of a hybrid electric vehicle, the applicant shall pay | |||||
an additional fee according to the gross weight of the vehicle, as | |||||
follows: | |||||
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(d) In addition to other fees authorized under this chapter, | |||||
at the time of application for registration or renewal of | |||||
registration of a natural gas vehicle, the applicant shall pay an | |||||
additional fee in an amount equal to the difference between the | |||||
amounts calculated under Subsections (e)(1) and (2) for that class | |||||
of vehicle. | |||||
(e) The department shall, for each class of natural gas | |||||
vehicle, calculate: | |||||
(1) the average annual amount of taxes imposed under | |||||
Chapter 162, Tax Code, that a conventionally fueled vehicle of that | |||||
class would pay; and | |||||
(2) the average annual amount of taxes imposed under | |||||
that chapter that a natural gas vehicle of that class would pay. | |||||
(f) The department shall review and update the fee | |||||
calculated under Subsection (e) at least once every five years. | |||||
(g) Fees collected under this section shall be deposited to | |||||
the credit of the state highway fund. | |||||
(h) The board shall adopt rules necessary to administer this | |||||
section. | |||||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | |||||
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