81R2020 JD-F
By: Pickett H.B. No. 116
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain fees and taxes collected by this state in
connection with a motor vehicle.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 502.001(9), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(9) "Light truck" means a [commercial] motor vehicle,
other than a passenger car, motorcycle, golf cart, or bus, that has
a manufacturer's rated carrying capacity of one ton or less.
SECTION 2. The heading to Section 502.161, Transportation
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 502.161. FEE: PASSENGER CAR, LIGHT TRUCK, MUNICIPAL
BUS, PRIVATE BUS.
SECTION 3. Section 502.161, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as
follows:
(a) The fee for a registration year for registration of a
passenger car, a municipal bus, or a private bus that weighs 6,000
pounds or less is $50.50 [:
[(1) $40.50 for a vehicle the model year of which is
more than six years before the year in which the registration year
begins;
[(2) $50.50 for a vehicle the model year of which is
more than three years but is six years or less before the year in
which the registration year begins; or
[(3) $58.50 for a vehicle the model year of which is
three years or less before the year in which the registration year
begins].
(e) The fee for a registration year for registration of a
light truck is $60.50.
SECTION 4. The heading to Section 502.162, Transportation
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 502.162. FEE: NONCOMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE RATED MORE
THAN ONE TON, COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE, OR TRUCK-TRACTOR.
SECTION 5. Section 502.162(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The fee for a registration year for registration of a
noncommercial motor vehicle with a manufacturer's rated carrying
capacity of more than one ton, commercial motor vehicle, or
truck-tractor is $25 plus an amount determined according to the
vehicle's gross weight [and tire equipment], as follows:
Gross weight Fee for each 100 pounds or Gross weight Fee for each 100 pounds or
Gross weight Fee for each 100 pounds or
in pounds fraction of 100 pounds in pounds fraction of 100 pounds
in pounds fraction of 100 pounds
[Equipped with [Equipped with [Equipped with [Equipped with
[Equipped with [Equipped with
pneumatic tires] solid tires pneumatic tires] solid tires
pneumatic tires] solid tires
1-6,000 $0.44 [$0.55 1-6,000 $0.44 [$0.55
1-6,000 $0.44 [$0.55
6,001-8,000 0.495 [0.66 6,001-8,000 0.495 [0.66
6,001-8,000 0.495 [0.66
8,001-10,000 0.605 [0.77 8,001-10,000 0.605 [0.77
8,001-10,000 0.605 [0.77
10,001-17,000 0.715 [0.88 10,001-17,000 0.715 [0.88
10,001-17,000 0.715 [0.88
17,001-24,000 0.77 [0.99 17,001-24,000 0.77 [0.99
17,001-24,000 0.77 [0.99
24,001-31,000 0.88 [1.10 24,001-31,000 0.88 [1.10
24,001-31,000 0.88 [1.10
31,001 and over 0.99 [1.32] 31,001 and over 0.99 [1.32]
31,001 and over 0.99 [1.32]
SECTION 6. Section 152.025(b), Tax Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(b) The tax is $50 [$10].
SECTION 7. The changes in law made by this Act to Chapter
502, Transportation Code, apply only to the fee for a registration
period beginning on or after the effective date of this Act. A fee
for a registration period beginning before the effective date of
this Act is governed by the law in effect when the registration
period began, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 8. The change in law made by this Act to Section
152.025, Tax Code, does not affect taxes imposed before the
effective date of this Act, and the law in effect before the
effective date of this Act is continued in effect for purposes of
the liability for and collection of those taxes.
SECTION 9. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
Gross weight Fee for each 100 pounds or
in pounds fraction of 100 pounds
[Equipped with [Equipped with
pneumatic tires] solid tires
1-6,000 $0.44 [$0.55
6,001-8,000 0.495 [0.66
8,001-10,000 0.605 [0.77
10,001-17,000 0.715 [0.88
17,001-24,000 0.77 [0.99
24,001-31,000 0.88 [1.10
31,001 and over 0.99 [1.32]