By: Bell H.B. No. 2333
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the collection and disposition of fees for an
application of title.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 501.138, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b-1) Fees collected under Subsection (b) to be sent to the
comptroller shall be deposited to the credit of the Texas Mobility
Fund, except that $5 of each fee imposed under Subsection (a)(1) and
deposited on or after September 1, 2008, and before September 1,
2015, shall be deposited to the credit of the Texas emissions
reduction plan fund.
(b-2) The comptroller shall establish a record of the amount
of the fees deposited to the credit of the Texas Mobility Fund under
Subsection (b-1). On or before the fifth workday of each month,
the department shall remit to the comptroller for deposit to the
credit of the Texas emissions reduction plan fund an amount of money
equal to the amount of the fees deposited by the comptroller to the
credit of the Texas Mobility Fund under Subsection (b-1) in the
preceding month. The department shall use for remittance to the
comptroller as required by this subsection money in the state
highway fund that is not required to be used for a purpose specified
by Section 7-a, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, and may not use
for that remittance money received by this state under the
congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program
established under 23 U.S.C. Section 149.
(b-3) This subsection and Subsection (b-2) expire August
31, 2019.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.