82R3576 VOO-D
By: Davis S.B. No. 1346
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the deposit of fees for oversize and overweight vehicle
permits in the state highway fund.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 621, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 621.008 to read as follows:
Sec. 621.008. DEPOSIT OF ALL FEES COLLECTED BY DEPARTMENT
FOR PERMITS TO STATE HIGHWAY FUND. The department shall send each
fee collected for a permit issued by the department under this
subtitle, including administrative, highway maintenance, and
vehicle supervision fees, to the comptroller for deposit to the
credit of the state highway fund.
SECTION 2. Section 621.352(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The commission by rule may establish fees for the
administration of Section 621.003 in an amount that, when added to
the other fees collected by the department, does not exceed the
amount sufficient to recover the actual cost to the department of
administering that section. [An administrative fee collected under
this section shall be sent to the comptroller for deposit to the
credit of the state highway fund and may be appropriated only to the
department for the administration of Section 621.003.]
SECTION 3. Section 623.0112, Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 623.0112. ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE FEE. When a
person applies for a permit under Section 623.011, the person must
pay in addition to other fees an administrative fee adopted by
department rule in an amount not to exceed the direct and indirect
cost to the department of:
(1) issuing a sticker under Section 623.011(d);
[(2) distributing fees under Section 621.353;] and
(2) [(3)] notifying counties under Section 623.013.
SECTION 4. Section 623.076(c), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) An application for a permit under Section 623.071(c)(3)
or (d) must be accompanied by the permit fee established by the
commission for the permit, not to exceed $7,000. [Of each fee
collected under this subsection, the department shall send:
[(1) the first $1,000 to the comptroller for deposit
to the credit of the general revenue fund; and
[(2) any amount in excess of $1,000 to the comptroller
for deposit to the credit of the state highway fund.]
SECTION 5. Section 623.096(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The department shall collect a fee of $40 for each
permit issued under this subchapter. [Of each fee, $19.70 shall be
deposited to the credit of the general revenue fund and the
remainder deposited to the credit of the state highway fund.]
SECTION 6. The following provisions of the Transportation
Code are repealed:
(1) Section 621.351(c);
(2) Section 621.353;
(3) Section 621.354;
(4) Section 623.0111(c);
(5) Section 623.077(b);
(6) Section 623.078(b);
(7) Section 623.124(b);
(8) Section 623.147;
(9) Section 623.182(b); and
(10) Section 623.197.
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.