| 1 | 1 | | 86R9121 AAF-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Israel H.B. No. 4218 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to imposing an additional fee for the registration of an |
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| 8 | 8 | | alternatively fueled vehicle. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 502.198(a), Transportation Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) Except as provided by Sections 502.058, 502.060, |
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| 13 | 13 | | 502.1911, 502.192, 502.356, [and] 502.357, and 502.360 and |
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| 14 | 14 | | Subchapter H, this section applies to all fees collected by a county |
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| 15 | 15 | | assessor-collector under this chapter. |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter G, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, |
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| 17 | 17 | | is amended by adding Section 502.360 to read as follows: |
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| 18 | 18 | | Sec. 502.360. ADDITIONAL FEE FOR ALTERNATIVELY FUELED |
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| 19 | 19 | | VEHICLES. (a) In this section, "alternatively fueled vehicle" has |
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| 20 | 20 | | the meaning assigned by Section 502.004. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (b) In addition to other fees authorized under this chapter, |
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| 22 | 22 | | at the time of application for registration or renewal of |
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| 23 | 23 | | registration of an alternatively fueled vehicle, the applicant |
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| 24 | 24 | | shall pay an additional fee as determined by the department under |
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| 25 | 25 | | Subsection (c). |
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| 26 | 26 | | (c) The department shall, for each class of vehicle |
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| 27 | 27 | | registered under this chapter: |
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| 28 | 28 | | (1) develop a methodology for determining the fee |
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| 29 | 29 | | under Subsection (b) that calculates the fee based on the average |
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| 30 | 30 | | annual amount of taxes imposed under Chapter 162, Tax Code, that an |
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| 31 | 31 | | alternatively fueled vehicle of that class of vehicle would pay if |
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| 32 | 32 | | the vehicle operated only on gasoline or diesel fuel; and |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) set the fee in an amount of not less than 75 |
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| 34 | 34 | | percent and not more than 85 percent of the amount calculated under |
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| 35 | 35 | | Subdivision (1). |
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| 36 | 36 | | (d) The department shall review and update each fee |
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| 37 | 37 | | calculated under Subsection (c) at least once every five years. |
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| 38 | 38 | | (e) An alternatively fueled vehicle that may be registered |
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| 39 | 39 | | under this chapter without payment of a registration fee may be |
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| 40 | 40 | | registered without payment of the additional fee. |
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| 41 | 41 | | (f) The additional fee shall be collected for an |
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| 42 | 42 | | alternatively fueled vehicle when other fees imposed under this |
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| 43 | 43 | | chapter are collected. |
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| 44 | 44 | | (g) Fees collected under this section shall be deposited to |
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| 45 | 45 | | the credit of the state highway fund. |
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| 46 | 46 | | (h) The board shall adopt rules necessary to administer |
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| 47 | 47 | | registration for an alternatively fueled vehicle under this |
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| 48 | 48 | | section. |
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| 49 | 49 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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