By: Bell of Kaufman, et al. H.B. No. 1262
(Senate Sponsor - Nichols)
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 2019;
April 29, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 9, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0;
May 9, 2019, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1262 By: Nichols
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the extended registration of certain vehicles not
subject to inspection.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 502, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 502.0024 to read as follows:
Sec. 502.0024. EXTENDED REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN VEHICLES
NOT SUBJECT TO INSPECTION. (a) Notwithstanding Section
502.044(c), the department shall develop and implement a system of
registration to allow an owner of a vehicle described by Section
548.052(3) other than a mobile home to register the vehicle for an
extended registration period of not more than five years. The owner
may select the number of years for registration under this section
within that range and register the vehicle for that period. Payment
for all applicable fees, including any optional fee imposed under
Subchapter H and other registration fees and the fee required by
Section 548.510, for the entire registration period selected is due
at the time of registration.
(b) The fee required by Section 548.510 shall be remitted to
the comptroller for deposit in the Texas mobility fund, the general
revenue fund, and the clean air account in amounts proportionate to
the allocation prescribed by Subsection (b) of that section.
(c) The fees imposed under Subchapter H shall be collected
and remitted as prescribed by that subchapter.
SECTION 2. Not later than February 1, 2020, the Texas
Department of Motor Vehicles shall adopt the system required by
Section 502.0024, Transportation Code, as added by this Act, and
any rules necessary to implement that section.
SECTION 3. 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, 2019.
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