86R12704 AAF-D
By: Powell S.B. No. 1471
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to imposing an additional fee for the registration of
electric and hybrid vehicles.
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 ELECTRIC AND HYBRID
VEHICLES. (a) In this section:
(1) "Electric vehicle" means a motor vehicle that uses
electricity as its only source of motor power.
(2) "Hybrid vehicle" means a motor vehicle that uses
gasoline or conventional diesel fuel and electricity as its sources
of motor power.
(b) In addition to other fees authorized under this chapter,
at the time of application for registration or renewal of
registration of an electric vehicle or hybrid vehicle, the
applicant shall pay an additional fee as determined by the board
under Subsection (c).
(c) The comptroller, in consultation with the Texas A&M
Transportation Institute, shall calculate and recommend to the
board an additional registration fee based on the average annual
amount of taxes imposed under Chapter 162, Tax Code, that an
electric vehicle or hybrid vehicle would pay if the vehicle
operated only on gasoline or diesel fuel. The board by rule shall
set the fee imposed under this section based on the recommendation
made by the comptroller.
(d) Fees collected under this section shall be deposited to
the credit of the state highway fund.
SECTION 3. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this
section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
(b) Section 502.360(b), Transportation Code, as added by
this Act, takes effect January 1, 2020.