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House Bill 3433 |
House Author: Menendez et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-09 |
Senate Sponsor: Watson et al. |
House Bill 3433 amends the Transportation Code to repeal provisions relating to consolidated registration of fleet vehicles and replace them with provisions relating to extended registration of commercial fleet vehicles. The bill requires the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to develop and implement a system of registration to allow a business entity that owns a commercial fleet of at least 25 nonapportioned motor vehicles to register the vehicles for an extended registration period of not less than one year or more than eight years, as determined by the owner. The bill sets out the required fees, including a one-time license plate manufacturing fee, and authorizes a license plate to include the name or logo of the business entity that owns the vehicle. The bill requires TxDOT, if a vehicle registered under these provisions has a gross weight in excess of 10,000 pounds, to also issue a registration card for the vehicle. The bill requires TxDOT to adopt rules, including rules on suspension from the program for failure to comply, not later than January 1, 2010, and requires TxDOT and the counties to consider, in their budgeting processes, any temporary increases and resulting decreases in revenue that will result from these provisions. House Bill 3433 also exempts a vehicle purchased by a commercial fleet buyer who is a full-service deputy assessor-collector as prescribed by the bill from the law requiring a vehicle dealer to apply for the registration and title of a vehicle sold by the dealer.