87R3274 JRR-D
By: Fierro H.B. No. 996
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the collection and disposition of motor vehicle
certificate of title fees; increasing a fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 501.138(a) and (b), Transportation
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) An applicant for a title, other than the state or a
political subdivision of the state, must pay a fee of:
(1) $38 [$33] if the applicant's residence is a county
located within a nonattainment area as defined under Section 107(d)
of the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7407), as amended,
or is an affected county, as defined by Section 386.001, Health and
Safety Code; or
(2) $33 [$28] if the applicant's residence is any other
county.
(b) The fees shall be distributed as follows:
(1) $10 [$5] of the fee to the county treasurer for
deposit in the officers' salary fund;
(2) $8 of the fee to the department:
(A) together with the application within the time
prescribed by Section 501.023; or
(B) if the fee is deposited in an
interest-bearing account or certificate in the county depository or
invested in an investment authorized by Subchapter A, Chapter 2256,
Government Code, not later than the 35th day after the date on which
the fee is received; and
(3) the following amount to the comptroller at the
time and in the manner prescribed by the comptroller:
(A) $20 of the fee if the applicant's residence
is a county located within a nonattainment area as defined under
Section 107(d) of the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section
7407), as amended, or is an affected county, as defined by Section
386.001, Health and Safety Code; or
(B) $15 of the fee if the applicant's residence
is any other county.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to the fee for an application for title that is filed on or after the
effective date of this Act. The fee for an application for title
that is filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by
the law in effect on the date the application was filed, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.