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1	1	H.B. No. 3433
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to the extended registration of a commercial fleet of
6	6	motor vehicles.
7	7	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	8	SECTION 1. Section 502.001, Transportation Code, is amended
9	9	by adding Subdivision (1-a) to read as follows:
10	10	(1-a) "Commercial fleet" means a group of at least 25
11	11	nonapportioned motor vehicles owned by a corporation, limited or
12	12	general partnership, limited liability company, or other business
13	13	entity and used for the business purposes of that entity.
14	14	SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 502, Transportation Code,
15	15	is amended by adding Section 502.0023 to read as follows:
16	16	Sec. 502.0023. EXTENDED REGISTRATION OF COMMERCIAL FLEET
17	17	MOTOR VEHICLES. (a) Notwithstanding Section 502.158(c), the
18	18	department shall develop and implement a system of registration to
19	19	allow an owner of a commercial fleet to register the motor vehicles
20	20	in the commercial fleet for an extended registration period of not
21	21	less than one year or more than eight years. The owner may select
22	22	the number of years for registration under this section within that
23	23	range and register the commercial fleet for that period. Payment
24	24	for all registration fees for the entire registration period
25	25	selected is due at the time of registration.
26	26	(b) A system of extended registration under this section
27	27	must allow the owner of a commercial fleet to register:
28	28	(1) an entire commercial fleet in the county of the
29	29	owner's residence or principal place of business; or
30	30	(2) the motor vehicles in a commercial fleet that are
31	31	operated most regularly in the same county.
32	32	(c) In addition to the registration fees prescribed by
33	33	Subchapter D, an owner registering a commercial fleet under this
34	34	section shall pay:
35	35	(1) an annual commercial fleet registration fee of $10
36	36	per motor vehicle in the fleet; and
37	37	(2) except as provided by Subsection (e), a one-time
38	38	license plate manufacturing fee of $1.50 for each fleet motor
39	39	vehicle license plate.
40	40	(d) A license plate issued under this section:
41	41	(1) may, on request of the owner, include the name or
42	42	logo of the business entity that owns the vehicle;
43	43	(2) must include the expiration date of the
44	44	registration period; and
45	45	(3) does not require an annual registration insignia
46	46	to be valid.
47	47	(e) In addition to all other applicable registration fees,
48	48	an owner registering a commercial fleet under this section shall
49	49	pay a one-time license plate manufacturing fee of $8 for each set of
50	50	plates issued that includes on the legend the name or logo of the
51	51	business entity that owns the vehicle instead of the fee imposed by
52	52	Subsection (c)(2).
53	53	(f) If a motor vehicle registered under this section has a
54	54	gross weight in excess of 10,000 pounds, the department shall also
55	55	issue a registration card for the vehicle that is valid for the
56	56	selected registration period.
57	57	(g) The department shall adopt rules to implement this
58	58	section, including rules on suspension from the commercial fleet
59	59	program for failure to comply with this section or rules adopted
60	60	under this section.
61	61	(h) The department and the counties in their budgeting
62	62	processes shall consider any temporary increases and resulting
63	63	decreases in revenue that will result from the use of the process
64	64	provided under this section.
65	65	SECTION 3. Subsection (b), Section 501.0234,
66	66	Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:
67	67	(b) This section does not apply to a motor vehicle:
68	68	(1) that has been declared a total loss by an insurance
69	69	company in the settlement or adjustment of a claim;
70	70	(2) for which the certificate of title has been
71	71	surrendered in exchange for:
72	72	(A) a salvage vehicle title issued under this
73	73	chapter;
74	74	(B) a nonrepairable vehicle title issued under
75	75	this chapter;
76	76	(C) a certificate of authority issued under
77	77	Subchapter D, Chapter 683; or
78	78	(D) an ownership document issued by another state
79	79	that is comparable to a document described by Paragraphs (A)-(C);
80	80	[or]
81	81	(3) with a gross weight in excess of 11,000 pounds; or
82	82	(4) purchased by a commercial fleet buyer who is a
83	83	full-service deputy under Section 502.114 and who utilizes the
84	84	dealer title application process developed to provide a method to
85	85	submit title transactions to the county in which the commercial
86	86	fleet buyer is a full-service deputy.
87	87	SECTION 4. Section 502.0022, Transportation Code, is
88	88	repealed.
89	89	SECTION 5. The Texas Department of Transportation shall
90	90	adopt the rules and establish the system required under Section
91	91	502.0023, Transportation Code, as added by this Act, not later than
92	92	January 1, 2010.
93	93	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
94	94	______________________________ ______________________________
95	95	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
96	96	I certify that H.B. No. 3433 was passed by the House on May 8,
97	97	2009, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 0, 1 present, not
98	98	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
99	99	No. 3433 on May 29, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0,
100	100	2 present, not voting.
101	101	______________________________
102	102	Chief Clerk of the House
103	103	I certify that H.B. No. 3433 was passed by the Senate, with
104	104	amendments, on May 27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
105	105	0.
106	106	______________________________
107	107	Secretary of the Senate
108	108	APPROVED: __________________
109	109	Date
110	110	__________________
111	111	Governor