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1	1	82R9566 JAM-D
2	2	By: Pickett H.B. No. 1898
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to optional fees for the registration of motor vehicles in
8	8	certain municipalities.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 502.006(d), Transportation Code, is
11	11	amended to read as follows:
12	12	(d) Sections [Section] 502.172 and 502.1721 do [does] not
13	13	apply to an all-terrain vehicle or a recreational off-highway
14	14	vehicle.
15	15	SECTION 2. Section 502.103, Transportation Code, is amended
16	16	to read as follows:
17	17	Sec. 502.103. DISPOSITION OF OPTIONAL COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL
18	18	ROAD AND BRIDGE FEES [FEE]. Each Monday a county
19	19	assessor-collector shall apportion the collections for the
20	20	preceding week for a fee imposed under Section 502.172 or 502.1721
21	21	by:
22	22	(1) crediting an amount equal to 97 percent of the
23	23	collections to the county road and bridge fund or to the municipal
24	24	treasurer, as appropriate; and
25	25	(2) sending to the department an amount equal to three
26	26	percent of the collections to defray the department's costs of
27	27	administering Section 502.172 or 502.1721.
28	28	SECTION 3. Section 502.167(j), Transportation Code, is
29	29	amended to read as follows:
30	30	(j) A person may register a semitrailer under this section
31	31	for a registration period of five consecutive years if the person:
32	32	(1) applies to the department for the five-year
33	33	registration;
34	34	(2) provides proof of the person's eligibility to
35	35	register the vehicle under this subsection as required by the
36	36	department; and
37	37	(3) pays a fee of $15, plus any applicable fee under
38	38	Section 502.172 or 502.1721, for each year included in the
39	39	registration period.
40	40	SECTION 4. Subchapter D, Chapter 502, Transportation Code,
41	41	is amended by adding Section 502.1721 to read as follows:
42	42	Sec. 502.1721. OPTIONAL MUNICIPAL ROAD AND BRIDGE FEE. (a)
43	43	This section applies only to a municipality that borders the United
44	44	Mexican States and has a population of 500,000 or more.
45	45	(b) Notwithstanding Section 502.003, the governing body of a
46	46	municipality by order may call an election on the issue of imposing
47	47	an additional fee for registering a vehicle at an address in the
48	48	municipality. The election must be held on a uniform election date
49	49	under Section 41.001, Election Code. If a majority of the votes
50	50	cast at the election approve the imposition of the fee, the fee is
51	51	imposed. A fee imposed under this section may take effect only on
52	52	January 1 of a year. The municipality must notify the county in
53	53	which it is located and the department not later than September 1 of
54	54	the year preceding the year in which the fee takes effect.
55	55	(c) A fee imposed under this section may not exceed the
56	56	amount of the fee imposed under Section 502.172 by the county in
57	57	which the vehicle is registered.
58	58	(d) An order under Subsection (b) calling an election must:
59	59	(1) list the amount of the additional fee to be
60	60	imposed; and
61	61	(2) list and generally describe the projects to be
62	62	funded with the additional fee.
63	63	(e) The ballot at an election held under this section must
64	64	be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition:
65	65	"Authorizing ________ (insert name of municipality) to impose an
66	66	additional registration fee in the amount of $________ (insert
67	67	amount of additional fee) for the purpose of financing ____________
68	68	(describe the road or bridge projects to be funded)."
69	69	(f) A vehicle that may be registered under this chapter
70	70	without payment of a registration fee may be registered without
71	71	payment of the additional fee under this section.
72	72	(g) The county assessor-collector of a county containing a
73	73	municipality imposing a fee under this section shall collect the
74	74	additional fee for a vehicle when other fees imposed under this
75	75	chapter are collected. The county assessor-collector shall
76	76	distribute the fees collected under this section to the municipal
77	77	treasurer in the manner provided by Section 502.103.
78	78	(h) The municipality may use the fee revenue collected under
79	79	this section only for road or bridge projects in the municipality.
80	80	(i) The department shall collect the additional fee on a
81	81	vehicle that is owned by a resident of a municipality imposing a fee
82	82	under this section and that, under this chapter, must be registered
83	83	directly with the department. The department shall send all fees
84	84	collected for a municipality under this subsection to the municipal
85	85	treasurer to be used as provided by Subsection (h).
86	86	(j) The department shall adopt rules and develop forms
87	87	necessary to administer registration by mail for a vehicle being
88	88	registered in a county containing a municipality imposing a fee
89	89	under this section.
90	90	SECTION 5. Section 502.353(g), Transportation Code, is
91	91	amended to read as follows:
92	92	(g) A vehicle registered under this section is not subject
93	93	to the fee required by Section 502.172, 502.1721, or 502.173.
94	94	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.