| 1 | 1 | | 84R10488 JXC-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Burrows H.B. No. 3758 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the assessment and disposition of charges for |
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| 8 | 8 | | registering a motor vehicle that has been operated while improperly |
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| 9 | 9 | | registered. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 502.045, Transportation Code, is amended |
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| 12 | 12 | | by adding Subsections (d-1) and (g) to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (d-1) Every 60th day after the date the vehicle registration |
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| 14 | 14 | | became delinquent, the additional charge described by Subsection |
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| 15 | 15 | | (d)(2) is increased by an amount equal to the amount of the original |
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| 16 | 16 | | additional charge, except that the sum of the additional charges |
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| 17 | 17 | | may not exceed $200. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (g) The county-assessor collector of a county that is part |
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| 19 | 19 | | of a planning area for which a metropolitan planning organization |
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| 20 | 20 | | has been designated shall send to the organization the revenue from |
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| 21 | 21 | | an additional charge described by Subsection (d) or (d-1), to be |
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| 22 | 22 | | used for the purposes authorized by Section 7-a, Article VIII, |
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| 23 | 23 | | Texas Constitution. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 2. Section 502.198(a), Transportation Code, is |
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| 25 | 25 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 26 | 26 | | (a) Except as provided by Sections 502.045, 502.058, |
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| 27 | 27 | | 502.060, 502.1911, 502.192, and 502.357, this section applies to |
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| 28 | 28 | | all fees collected by a county assessor-collector under this |
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| 29 | 29 | | chapter. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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