84R7588 MTB/SLB-D
By: Watson S.B. No. 840
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to watercraft and certain trailer registration fees for
veterans with disabilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 31.026, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to
read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), each [Each]
application for an original or renewal certificate of number for a
vessel shall be accompanied by a two-year fee determined by the
following classification schedule or determined in the same
classifications by the commission, whichever amount is more:
Class Description of Vessel Fee Class Description of Vessel Fee
Class Description of Vessel Fee
Class A less than 16 feet in length $12 Class A less than 16 feet in length $12
Class A less than 16 feet in length $12
Class 1 16 feet or over and less than 26 feet in length $18 Class 1 16 feet or over and less than 26 feet in length $18
Class 1 16 feet or over and less than 26 feet in length $18
Class 2 26 feet or over and less than 40 feet in length $24 Class 2 26 feet or over and less than 40 feet in length $24
Class 2 26 feet or over and less than 40 feet in length $24
Class 3 40 feet or more in length $30 Class 3 40 feet or more in length $30
Class 3 40 feet or more in length $30
(d) The two-year fee for a vessel owned by a qualified
disabled veteran as defined by Section 42.012 is $3.
SECTION 2. Section 502.254, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the [The] fee for
a registration year for registration of a trailer, travel trailer,
or semitrailer with a gross weight of 6,000 pounds or less is
$45.00.
(c) The fee for a registration year for registration of a
trailer, travel trailer, or semitrailer with a gross weight of
6,000 pounds or less is $3 if:
(1) the trailer, travel trailer, or semitrailer is
owned by a veteran of the United States armed forces and the
trailer, travel trailer, or semitrailer is registered for the
veteran's own use;
(2) the veteran has suffered, as a result of military
service:
(A) at least a 60 percent service-connected
disability; or
(B) a loss of use of a lower extremity; and
(3) the veteran receives compensation from the United
States because of the disability.
SECTION 3. (a) Section 31.026, Parks and Wildlife Code, as
amended by this Act, applies only to a fee charged for a vessel's
certificate of number issued or renewed on or after the effective
date of this Act.
(b) Section 502.254, Transportation Code, as amended by
this Act, applies only to a registration year that begins on or
after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
Class Description of Vessel Fee
Class A less than 16 feet in length $12
Class 1 16 feet or over and less than 26 feet in length $18
Class 2 26 feet or over and less than 40 feet in length $24
Class 3 40 feet or more in length $30