85R8239 JXC-F
By: Thompson of Harris H.B. No. 1959
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a study by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles of
alternative registration technologies for commercial motor
vehicles.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 1003, Transportation Code, is amended by
adding Section 1003.006 to read as follows:
Sec. 1003.006. STUDY ON REGISTRATION OF COMMERCIAL MOTOR
VEHICLES. (a) The department shall:
(1) conduct a study that:
(A) identifies and assesses alternative
technologies for registering commercial motor vehicles to replace
license plates, permits, and other existing documentation and
registration methods currently in use in this state; and
(B) evaluates the safety and suitability for use
on roadways of the technologies identified under Paragraph (A); and
(2) submit a report on the results of the study to the
governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of
representatives, and the chair of the standing committee of each
house of the legislature with primary jurisdiction over
transportation issues not later than December 21, 2018.
(b) The department may collaborate with another state
agency or a research division of an institution of higher education
in this state to conduct the study.
(c) This section expires January 1, 2019.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.