87R22808 JRR-D
By: Martinez H.B. No. 2933
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2933:
By: Ortega C.S.H.B. No. 2933
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to fees imposed on registration of a motor vehicle for
which registration is applied for by a motor vehicle dealer;
imposing a fee.
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 MOTOR VEHICLE FOR WHICH
REGISTRATION IS APPLIED FOR BY MOTOR VEHICLE DEALER. (a) In
addition to the applicable registration fee charged under this
chapter, an additional fee of $25 per registration year is imposed
on the registration of a motor vehicle for which registration is
applied for under Section 501.0234.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, an additional fee
authorized by a county under Subchapter H, including an additional
fee authorized under Section 502.401, 502.402, or 502.403, may not
be imposed on a motor vehicle described by Subsection (a).
(c) The fee imposed under this section shall be:
(1) collected for a motor vehicle when other fees
imposed under this chapter are collected; and
(2) deposited to the credit of the county road and
bridge fund of the county in which the owner of the motor vehicle
described by Subsection (a) is domiciled, provided that if the
county in which the owner of the motor vehicle described by
Subsection (a) is domiciled imposes an additional fee under
Subchapter H, an amount equal to the additional fee imposed under
that subchapter shall be deposited, remitted, and used, as
applicable, in accordance with the provisions of that subchapter
authorizing the additional fee.
(d) This subsection applies only to a motor vehicle for
which registration is applied for under Section 501.0234 in a
county other than the county in which the owner is domiciled. Each
Tuesday, a county assessor-collector shall send each fee imposed
under this section to the county in which the owner of the motor
vehicle described by this subsection is domiciled.
(e) This section does not apply to the renewal of
registration of a motor vehicle described by Subsection (a).
(f) The department may adopt rules to administer this
section.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.