87R11777 JRR-D
By: Blanco S.B. No. 1905
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authorizing an optional county fee imposed on an
applicant for a motor vehicle certificate of title.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 501, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 508.1385 to read as follows:
Sec. 508.1385. OPTIONAL COUNTY FEE. (a) Subject to
Subsection (b), the commissioners court of a county by order may
impose an additional fee, not to exceed $5, for an application for a
title that is submitted to the county assessor-collector of that
county.
(b) A commissioners court of a county may impose the
additional fee only if the fee is 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.
(c) The additional fee shall be collected at the time an
applicant applies for a title. The county treasurer shall deposit
the additional fee in the officers' salary fund.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2021.