Texas 2019 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3473 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/06/2019

                    86R13741 TSS-D
 By: Perez H.B. No. 3473


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the fee for a permit authorizing the movement of certain
 vehicles transporting an intermodal shipping container.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 623.404(a), Transportation Code, as
 added by Chapter 108 (S.B. 1524), Acts of the 85th Legislature,
 Regular Session, 2017, is amended to read as follows:
 (a)  An application for a permit under Section 623.402(a) or
 (b) must be accompanied by a permit fee of $6,000, of which:
 (1)  45 [50] percent shall be deposited to the credit of
 the state highway fund;
 (2)  33 [30] percent shall be equally divided among and
 distributed to each county designated in the permit application;
 (3)  20 [16] percent shall be equally divided among and
 distributed to each municipality designated in the permit
 application; and
 (4)  2 [4] percent shall be deposited to the credit of
 the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund.
 SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
 to a permit issued on or after the effective date of this Act.
 SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.