| 1 | 1 | | By: Israel H.B. No. 3237 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to authorizing an optional county fee on vehicle |
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| 7 | 7 | | registration in certain counties to be used for transportation |
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| 8 | 8 | | projects. |
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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. Sections 502.402(a) and (b-1), Transportation |
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| 11 | 11 | | Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) This section applies only to: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (1) a county that: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (A) borders the United Mexican States; and |
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| 15 | 15 | | (B) has a population of more than 250,000; [and] |
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| 16 | 16 | | (2) a county that has a population of more than 1.5 |
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| 17 | 17 | | million that is coterminous with a regional mobility authority; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | (3) a county that is part of a regional mobility |
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| 19 | 19 | | authority created under Chapter 370 with at least two counties. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (b-1) The commissioners court of a county described by |
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| 21 | 21 | | Subsection (a)(1) or (2) [(a)] with a population of less than |
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| 22 | 22 | | 700,000 may increase the additional fee to an amount that does not |
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| 23 | 23 | | exceed $20 if approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the |
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| 24 | 24 | | county voting on the issue at a referendum election, which the |
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| 25 | 25 | | commissioners court may order and hold for that purpose. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 27 | 27 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 28 | 28 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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