By: Lucio III (Senate Sponsor - Lucio) H.B. No. 3126
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2013;
May 10, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 17, 2013, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 6, Nays 1; May 17, 2013, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authorization by referendum election of an increase
in optional fees imposed on vehicles registered in certain counties
to fund transportation projects.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 502.402, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as
follows:
(b) The commissioners court of a county by order may impose
an additional fee[, not to exceed $10,] for a vehicle registered in
the county. Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), the fee may not
exceed $10.
(b-1) The commissioners court of a county described by
Subsection (a) with a population of less than 700,000 may increase
the additional fee to an amount that does not exceed $20 if approved
by a majority of the qualified voters of the county voting on the
issue at a referendum election, which the commissioners court may
order and hold for that purpose.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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