86R9121 AAF-D
By: Israel H.B. No. 4218
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to imposing an additional fee for the registration of an
alternatively fueled 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 ALTERNATIVELY FUELED
VEHICLES. (a) In this section, "alternatively fueled vehicle" has
the meaning assigned by Section 502.004.
(b) In addition to other fees authorized under this chapter,
at the time of application for registration or renewal of
registration of an alternatively fueled vehicle, the applicant
shall pay an additional fee as determined by the department under
Subsection (c).
(c) The department shall, for each class of vehicle
registered under this chapter:
(1) develop a methodology for determining the fee
under Subsection (b) that calculates the fee based on the average
annual amount of taxes imposed under Chapter 162, Tax Code, that an
alternatively fueled vehicle of that class of vehicle would pay if
the vehicle operated only on gasoline or diesel fuel; and
(2) set the fee in an amount of not less than 75
percent and not more than 85 percent of the amount calculated under
Subdivision (1).
(d) The department shall review and update each fee
calculated under Subsection (c) at least once every five years.
(e) An alternatively fueled vehicle that may be registered
under this chapter without payment of a registration fee may be
registered without payment of the additional fee.
(f) The additional fee shall be collected for an
alternatively fueled vehicle when other fees imposed under this
chapter are collected.
(g) Fees collected under this section shall be deposited to
the credit of the state highway fund.
(h) The board shall adopt rules necessary to administer
registration for an alternatively fueled vehicle under this
section.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.