By: Ortega H.B. No. 2769
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authorizing an increase in an optional county fee on
vehicle registration in certain counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 502.402(b-1) and (e), Transportation
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(b-1) The commissioners court of a county described by
Subsection (a)(1) [(a)] with a population of less than 700,000 or
more than 800,000 may increase the additional fee to an amount that
does not exceed $20 if approved by a majority of the qualified
voters of the county voting on the issue at a referendum election,
which the commissioners court may order and hold for that purpose.
(e) The additional fee shall be collected for a vehicle when
other fees imposed under this chapter are collected. The fee
revenue collected shall be sent to a regional mobility authority
located in the county or, if the county has a population of more
than 800,000, to the metropolitan planning organization that serves
the county. The fee revenue may be used only to fund long-
term
transportation projects in the county that are consistent with the
purposes specified by Section 7-a, Article VIII, Texas
Constitution.
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, 2019.