| 1 | 1 | | 86R12704 AAF-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Powell S.B. No. 1471 |
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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 |
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| 8 | 8 | | electric and hybrid vehicles. |
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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 ELECTRIC AND HYBRID |
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| 19 | 19 | | VEHICLES. (a) In this section: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) "Electric vehicle" means a motor vehicle that uses |
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| 21 | 21 | | electricity as its only source of motor power. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) "Hybrid vehicle" means a motor vehicle that uses |
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| 23 | 23 | | gasoline or conventional diesel fuel and electricity as its sources |
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| 24 | 24 | | of motor power. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (b) In addition to other fees authorized under this chapter, |
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| 26 | 26 | | at the time of application for registration or renewal of |
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| 27 | 27 | | registration of an electric vehicle or hybrid vehicle, the |
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| 28 | 28 | | applicant shall pay an additional fee as determined by the board |
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| 29 | 29 | | under Subsection (c). |
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| 30 | 30 | | (c) The comptroller, in consultation with the Texas A&M |
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| 31 | 31 | | Transportation Institute, shall calculate and recommend to the |
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| 32 | 32 | | board an additional registration fee based on the average annual |
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| 33 | 33 | | amount of taxes imposed under Chapter 162, Tax Code, that an |
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| 34 | 34 | | electric vehicle or hybrid vehicle would pay if the vehicle |
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| 35 | 35 | | operated only on gasoline or diesel fuel. The board by rule shall |
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| 36 | 36 | | set the fee imposed under this section based on the recommendation |
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| 37 | 37 | | made by the comptroller. |
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| 38 | 38 | | (d) Fees collected under this section shall be deposited to |
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| 39 | 39 | | the credit of the state highway fund. |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 3. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this |
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| 41 | 41 | | section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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| 42 | 42 | | (b) Section 502.360(b), Transportation Code, as added by |
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| 43 | 43 | | this Act, takes effect January 1, 2020. |
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