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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the portion of the fee for certain vehicle safety |
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inspections that is remitted to the state. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 382.0622(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Clean Air Act fees consist of: |
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(1) fees collected by the commission under Sections |
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382.062, 382.0621, 382.202, and 382.302 and as otherwise provided |
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by law; |
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[(2) $2 from the portion of each fee collected for |
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inspections of vehicles other than mopeds and remitted to the state |
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under Sections 548.501 and 548.503, Transportation Code;] and |
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(2) [(3)] fees collected that are required under |
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Section 185 of the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7511d). |
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SECTION 2. Section 548.501(b), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) Out of each fee for an inspection, $3.50 [$5.50] shall |
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be remitted to the state under Section 548.509. |
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SECTION 3. Section 548.503(b), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) Out of each fee for an inspection under this section, |
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$12.75 [$14.75] shall be remitted to the state under Section |
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548.509. |
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SECTION 4. Section 548.508, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 548.508. DISPOSITION OF FEES. Except as provided by |
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Section [Sections 382.0622 and] 382.202, Health and Safety Code, |
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and Section 548.5055, each fee remitted to the comptroller under |
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this subchapter shall be deposited to the credit of the Texas |
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mobility fund. |
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SECTION 5. Sections 548.510(a) and (b), Transportation |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A vehicle described by Section 548.052(3) that has an |
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actual gross weight or registered gross weight of more than 4,500 |
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pounds is subject to a fee in the amount of $5.50 [$7.50]. |
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(b) The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles or a county |
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assessor-collector that registers a vehicle described by |
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Subsection (a) shall collect at the time of registration of the |
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vehicle the fee prescribed by Subsection (a). The Texas Department |
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of Motor Vehicles or the county assessor-collector, as applicable, |
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shall remit the fee to the comptroller. Each fee remitted to the |
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comptroller under this section shall be deposited as follows: |
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(1) $3.50 to the credit of the Texas mobility fund; and |
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(2) $2 to the credit of the general revenue fund[; and |
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[(3) $2 to the credit of the clean air account]. |
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SECTION 6. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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the remittance of a fee collected on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. The remittance of a fee collected before the effective |
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date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the fee |
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was collected, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |