By: Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Williams) H.B. No. 441
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 11, 2011;
April 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation and Homeland Security; May 17, 2011, reported
favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 17, 2011,
sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the fees for certain commercial vehicles.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 502.167(c), Transportation Code, as
effective September 1, 2011, is amended to read as follows:
(c) The fee [for a registration year] for registration of a
semitrailer used in the manner described by Subsection (a),
regardless of the date the semitrailer is registered, is[:
[(1) $30, for a semitrailer being propelled by a power
unit for which a permit under Section 623.011 has been issued; or
[(2)] $15 for a registration year [, for a semitrailer
being propelled by a power unit for which a permit under Section
623.011 has not been issued].
SECTION 2. Section 623.011(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) To qualify for a permit under this section:
(1) the vehicle must be registered under Chapter 502
for the maximum gross weight applicable to the vehicle under
Section 621.101, not to exceed 80,000 pounds;
(2) the security requirement of Section 623.012 must
be satisfied; and
(3) a base permit fee of $90 [$75], any additional fee
required by Section 623.0111, and any additional fee set by the
department under Section 623.0112 must be paid.
SECTION 3. Section 621.353(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The comptroller shall send $50 of each base fee
collected under Section 623.011 for an excess weight permit to the
counties of the state, with each county receiving an amount
determined according to the ratio of the total number of miles of
county roads maintained by the county to the total number of miles
of county roads maintained by all of the counties of this state.
The comptroller shall deposit $40 [$25] of each base fee, plus each
fee collected under Section 623.0112, to the credit of the state
highway fund. Money deposited to the credit of that fund under this
subsection may be appropriated only to the department to administer
this section and Sections 623.011, 623.0111, and 623.0112.
SECTION 4. (a) The changes in law made by this Act apply
only to fees charged for a vehicle registration or permit issued on
or after the effective date of this Act.
(b) A vehicle registration or permit issued before the
effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect when the
registration or permit was issued, and the former law is continued
in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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