Texas 2019 86th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2184 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/08/2019

                    86R14654 JXC-F
 By: Rodríguez S.B. No. 2184


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to authorizing an increase in an optional county fee on
 vehicle registration in certain counties.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 502.402(b-1), Transportation Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (b-1)  The commissioners court of a county described by
 Subsection (a)(1) [(a)] with a population of less than 700,000 or
 more than 800,000 may increase the additional fee to an amount that
 does not exceed $20 if approved by a majority of the qualified
 voters of the county voting on the issue at a referendum election,
 which the commissioners court may order and hold for that purpose.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.