85R9376 AAF-F
By: Pickett H.B. No. 2433
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the registration of certain trailers; changing a fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 502.0023(d-1), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(d-1) The department shall issue a license plate for a token
trailer registered under this section in the manner provided by
Section 502.255 [that does not expire. The alphanumeric pattern
for a license plate issued under this subsection may remain on a
token trailer for as long as the registration of the token trailer
is renewed or until the token trailer is removed from service or
sold. The registration receipt required under Section 621.002 is
not required for a vehicle that displays a license plate issued
under this subsection].
SECTION 2. The heading to Section 502.255, Transportation
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 502.255. TRUCK-TRACTOR OR COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE
COMBINATION FEE; PERMANENT SEMITRAILER TOKEN FEE.
SECTION 3. Sections 502.255(c), (i), and (j),
Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:
(c) The fee for registration of a semitrailer used in the
manner described by Subsection (a), regardless of the date the
semitrailer is registered, is $15 for a registration year or $80 if
the semitrailer is registered with a permanent license plate issued
under Subsection (i).
(i) The department shall issue a license plate for a token
trailer registered under this section that does not expire or
require an annual registration insignia to be valid. The license
plate must include the word "Permanent." A [alphanumeric pattern
for a] license plate issued under this subsection may remain on a
token trailer [for as long as the registration of the token trailer
is renewed or] until the token trailer is removed from service or
sold, provided that the license plate must be removed if the
department cancels, suspends, or revokes the registration for the
token trailer as provided by law or department rule. The
registration receipt required under Section 621.002 is not required
for a vehicle that displays a license plate issued under this
subsection.
(j) A person may register a semitrailer under this section
if the person:
(1) applies to the department for registration;
(2) provides proof of the person's eligibility to
register the vehicle under this subsection as required by the
department; and
(3) pays the applicable [a] fee required by Subsection
(c) [of $15], plus any other applicable fee under this chapter for
each year the semitrailer is registered or at each registration if
the semitrailer is registered under Subsection (i) [Section
502.401, for each year included in the registration period].
SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only
in connection with the registration of a vehicle that is applied for
on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.