86R9618 AAF-D
By: Martinez H.B. No. 2513
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to imposing an additional fee for the registration of an
electric vehicle.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 502.198(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Sections 502.058, 502.060,
502.1911, 502.192, 502.356, [and] 502.357, and 502.360 and
Subchapter H, this section applies to all fees collected by a county
assessor-collector under this chapter.
SECTION 2. Subchapter G, Chapter 502, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 502.360 to read as follows:
Sec. 502.360. ADDITIONAL FEE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES. (a) In
this section, "electric vehicle" means a motor vehicle that uses
electricity as its only source of motor power.
(b) In addition to other fees authorized under this chapter,
the commissioners court of a county may impose, for registering an
electric vehicle, an additional fee of:
(1) except as provided by Subdivision (2), $200; or
(2) $300, if the vehicle has a gross weight of more
than 10,000 pounds.
(c) The additional fee shall be collected for an electric
vehicle when other fees imposed under this chapter are collected.
The fee revenue collected must be deposited to the credit of the
county road and bridge fund.
(d) The board shall adopt rules necessary to administer
registration for an electric vehicle under this section.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.