| 1 | 1 | | 84R13269 JRR-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Lucio S.B. No. 1729 |
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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 programs for imposing or increasing a toll on and |
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| 8 | 8 | | increasing the vehicle registration fee for a commercial motor |
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| 9 | 9 | | vehicle. |
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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. Subchapter H, Chapter 201, Transportation Code, |
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| 12 | 12 | | is amended by adding Section 201.623 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 201.623. COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE TOLL PROGRAM. (a) |
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| 14 | 14 | | Notwithstanding any other law, the department, in consultation with |
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| 15 | 15 | | the comptroller, may establish a program for imposing a toll or |
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| 16 | 16 | | increasing an existing toll on a commercial motor vehicle for the |
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| 17 | 17 | | use of a state highway. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) The department must hold a public hearing before |
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| 19 | 19 | | imposing or increasing a toll under the program. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (c) Toll revenue collected or received by the department |
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| 21 | 21 | | under the program must be deposited to the credit of the state |
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| 22 | 22 | | highway fund. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter G, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, |
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| 24 | 24 | | is amended by adding Section 502.360 to read as follows: |
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| 25 | 25 | | Sec. 502.360. ADDITIONAL FEE FOR COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department, in consultation |
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| 27 | 27 | | with the comptroller, may establish a program for imposing an |
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| 28 | 28 | | additional fee for the registration of a commercial motor vehicle. |
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| 29 | 29 | | (b) The department must hold a public hearing before |
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| 30 | 30 | | imposing an additional fee under the program. |
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| 31 | 31 | | (c) An additional fee imposed under the program may not be |
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| 32 | 32 | | more than 50 percent of the applicable fee for the vehicle under |
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| 33 | 33 | | Subchapter F. |
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| 34 | 34 | | (d) Registration fees collected under the program must be |
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| 35 | 35 | | deposited to the credit of the state highway fund. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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