| 1 | 1 | | 87R2634 AJZ-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Schwertner S.B. No. 624 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to authorizing an optional county fee on vehicle |
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| 8 | 8 | | registration in certain counties to be used for transportation |
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| 9 | 9 | | projects. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Sections 502.402(a) and (b), Transportation |
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| 12 | 12 | | Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a) This section applies only to: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) a county that: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (A) borders the United Mexican States; and |
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| 16 | 16 | | (B) has a population of more than 250,000; [and] |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2) a county that has a population of more than 1.5 |
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| 18 | 18 | | million that is coterminous with a regional mobility authority; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | (3) a county that has a population of more than 190,000 |
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| 20 | 20 | | and not more than 1.5 million that is coterminous with a regional |
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| 21 | 21 | | mobility authority. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (b) The commissioners court of a county by order may impose |
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| 23 | 23 | | an additional fee for a vehicle registered in the county. Except as |
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| 24 | 24 | | provided by Subsection (b-1), the fee may not exceed $10. In a |
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| 25 | 25 | | county described by Subsection (a)(3), the fee must be approved by a |
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| 26 | 26 | | majority of the qualified voters of the county voting on the issue |
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| 27 | 27 | | at a referendum election, which the commissioners court may order |
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| 28 | 28 | | and hold for that purpose. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 30 | 30 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 31 | 31 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 32 | 32 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 33 | 33 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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