| 1 | 1 | | 88R12972 BEE-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Springer S.B. No. 1284 |
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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 the portion of the fee for certain vehicle safety |
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| 8 | 8 | | inspections that is remitted to the state. |
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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. Section 382.0622(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) Clean Air Act fees consist of: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (1) fees collected by the commission under Sections |
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| 14 | 14 | | 382.062, 382.0621, 382.202, and 382.302 and as otherwise provided |
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| 15 | 15 | | by law; |
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| 16 | 16 | | [(2) $2 from the portion of each fee collected for |
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| 17 | 17 | | inspections of vehicles other than mopeds and remitted to the state |
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| 18 | 18 | | under Sections 548.501 and 548.503, Transportation Code;] and |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) [(3)] fees collected that are required under |
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| 20 | 20 | | Section 185 of the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7511d). |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. Section 548.501(b), Transportation Code, is |
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| 22 | 22 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (b) Out of each fee for an inspection, $3.50 [$5.50] shall |
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| 24 | 24 | | be remitted to the state under Section 548.509. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 3. Section 548.503(b), Transportation Code, is |
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| 26 | 26 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 27 | 27 | | (b) Out of each fee for an inspection under this section, |
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| 28 | 28 | | $12.75 [$14.75] shall be remitted to the state under Section |
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| 29 | 29 | | 548.509. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 4. Section 548.508, Transportation Code, is amended |
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| 31 | 31 | | to read as follows: |
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| 32 | 32 | | Sec. 548.508. DISPOSITION OF FEES. Except as provided by |
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| 33 | 33 | | Section [Sections 382.0622 and] 382.202, Health and Safety Code, |
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| 34 | 34 | | and Section 548.5055, each fee remitted to the comptroller under |
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| 35 | 35 | | this subchapter shall be deposited to the credit of the Texas |
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| 36 | 36 | | mobility fund. |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 5. Sections 548.510(a) and (b), Transportation |
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| 38 | 38 | | Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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| 39 | 39 | | (a) A vehicle described by Section 548.052(3) that has an |
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| 40 | 40 | | actual gross weight or registered gross weight of more than 4,500 |
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| 41 | 41 | | pounds is subject to a fee in the amount of $5.50 [$7.50]. |
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| 42 | 42 | | (b) The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles or a county |
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| 43 | 43 | | assessor-collector that registers a vehicle described by |
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| 44 | 44 | | Subsection (a) shall collect at the time of registration of the |
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| 45 | 45 | | vehicle the fee prescribed by Subsection (a). The Texas Department |
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| 46 | 46 | | of Motor Vehicles or the county assessor-collector, as applicable, |
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| 47 | 47 | | shall remit the fee to the comptroller. Each fee remitted to the |
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| 48 | 48 | | comptroller under this section shall be deposited as follows: |
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| 49 | 49 | | (1) $3.50 to the credit of the Texas mobility fund; and |
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| 50 | 50 | | (2) $2 to the credit of the general revenue fund[; and |
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| 51 | 51 | | [(3) $2 to the credit of the clean air account]. |
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| 52 | 52 | | SECTION 6. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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| 53 | 53 | | the remittance of a fee collected on or after the effective date of |
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| 54 | 54 | | this Act. The remittance of a fee collected before the effective |
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| 55 | 55 | | date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the fee |
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| 56 | 56 | | was collected, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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| 57 | 57 | | purpose. |
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| 58 | 58 | | SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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