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1	1	82R23186 AJZ-D
2	2	By: Harper-Brown H.B. No. 1669
3	3	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1669:
4	4	By: Bonnen C.S.H.B. No. 1669
5	5
6	6
7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the establishment of a motor vehicle mileage fee pilot
10	10	program for certain motor vehicles by the Texas Department of Motor
11	11	Vehicles.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act:
14	14	(1) "Department" means the Texas Department of Motor
15	15	Vehicles.
16	16	(2) "Electric motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle
17	17	that uses electricity as its only source of motor power.
18	18	(3) "Hybrid motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle that
19	19	draws propulsion energy from both gasoline or conventional diesel
20	20	fuel and a rechargeable energy storage system.
21	21	(4) "Liquefied fuel motor vehicle" means a motor
22	22	vehicle that operates on one or any combination of the following:
23	23	(A) liquefied natural gas;
24	24	(B) butane;
25	25	(C) ethane; or
26	26	(D) propane.
27	27	(5) "Plug-in hybrid electric motor vehicle" means a
28	28	motor vehicle that draws propulsion energy from both gasoline or
29	29	conventional diesel fuel and batteries that can be charged from an
30	30	external electrical outlet.
31	31	SECTION 2. MOTOR VEHICLE MILEAGE FEE PILOT PROGRAM. (a)
32	32	The department, in consultation with the Texas Department of
33	33	Transportation, Department of Public Safety, and comptroller of
34	34	public accounts, by rule shall:
35	35	(1) establish the administrative framework needed to
36	36	implement a system for assessing a motor vehicle mileage fee; and
37	37	(2) implement a pilot program to gather data regarding
38	38	the feasibility of implementing a motor vehicle mileage fee using
39	39	the established mileage fee framework.
40	40	(b) A person who owns an electric motor vehicle, a plug-in
41	41	hybrid electric motor vehicle, a hybrid motor vehicle, or a
42	42	liquefied fuel motor vehicle that is registered in Dallas or
43	43	Tarrant County is eligible to participate in the pilot program. The
44	44	pilot program must provide for optional participation and be
45	45	available to the first 1,000 persons eligible to participate. A
46	46	person participating in the pilot program may not be charged a fee
47	47	for participating in the pilot program.
48	48	(c) The department must establish the administrative
49	49	framework needed to implement a system for assessing a motor
50	50	vehicle mileage fee not later than January 1, 2012. The pilot
51	51	program must begin not later than January 1, 2012, and must end not
52	52	later than July 15, 2012.
53	53	(d) The department, in consultation with the Texas
54	54	Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, and
55	55	comptroller of public accounts, shall establish incentives for
56	56	participation in the pilot program.
57	57	(e) A person who participates in the pilot program must have
58	58	the mileage of the person's vehicle determined by an odometer
59	59	reading that will occur in a manner specified by the department.
60	60	(f) In evaluating the feasibility of implementing a motor
61	61	vehicle mileage fee, the department shall consider, to the extent
62	62	possible:
63	63	(1) economic efficiency;
64	64	(2) long-term revenue generation;
65	65	(3) long-term revenue stability;
66	66	(4) charging fairness; and
67	67	(5) privacy concerns.
68	68	SECTION 3. REPORT. Not later than October 1, 2014, the
69	69	department shall submit a report to the legislature that includes
70	70	recommendations regarding the feasibility of assessing a motor
71	71	vehicle mileage fee in this state or another fee to replace the gas
72	72	tax.
73	73	SECTION 4. EXPIRATION. This Act expires December 31, 2014.
74	74	SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect
75	75	immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members
76	76	elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas
77	77	Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for
78	78	immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2011.