1-1 By: Alexander (Senate Sponsor - Ellis) H.B. No. 1590
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 1993;
1-3 May 4, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on State
1-4 Affairs; May 20, 1993, reported favorably by the following vote:
1-5 Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 20, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-8 Harris of Dallas x
1-9 Rosson x
1-10 Carriker x
1-11 Henderson x
1-12 Leedom x
1-13 Lucio x
1-14 Luna x
1-15 Nelson x
1-16 Patterson x
1-17 Shelley x
1-18 Sibley x
1-19 West x
1-20 Whitmire x
1-21 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-22 AN ACT
1-23 relating to registration of interstate or foreign motor carriers
1-24 for hire.
1-25 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-26 SECTION 1. Section 18a, Chapter 314, Acts of the 41st
1-27 Legislature, Regular Session, 1929 (Article 911b, Vernon's Texas
1-28 Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
1-29 Sec. 18a. Single State Registration. The Commission shall
1-30 take those actions necessary to participate to the fullest extent
1-31 practicable in the single state registration system established by
1-32 Section 4005 of Title IV of the Intermodal Surface Transportation
1-33 Efficiency Act of 1991 (49 U.S.C. Sec. 11506). The Commission may
1-34 charge and collect from a motor carrier holding a certificate or
1-35 permit issued under Subtitle IV of Title 49 U.S.C. a fee, not to
1-36 exceed the maximum fee established under federal law, for the
1-37 filing of proof of insurance consistent with 49 U.S.C. Sec. 11506.
1-38 Fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the motor
1-39 carrier act enforcement fund for use of the Commission until
1-40 collections equal $1,500,000. All fees collected in excess of
1-41 $1,500,000 shall be deposited in the general revenue fund.
1-42 <Reciprocity. Motor carriers of property for hire residing or
1-43 domiciled outside of the State of Texas, who have authority from
1-44 the Interstate Commerce Commission to transport property for hire
1-45 to, from or between points in Texas, and whose operations in this
1-46 State are limited to the transportation of property for hire in
1-47 interstate or foreign commerce only under such authority, shall not
1-48 be required to pay the special fees provided for in Sections 7,
1-49 17(a), 18 and Section 5a(g) of this Act; provided, however, this
1-50 exemption from the payment of said fees shall not apply unless the
1-51 States in which such foreign motor carriers reside or are domiciled
1-52 shall likewise extend to motor carriers residing or domiciled in
1-53 Texas exemption from the payment of the same or similar fees or
1-54 expenses in their respective States; such exemptions from the
1-55 payment of such fees in Texas shall be effective when the
1-56 governmental agency or the authorized representative thereof of
1-57 such foreign States having jurisdiction over the operations of
1-58 motor carriers for hire shall certify in writing to the Railroad
1-59 Commission of Texas that the exemption from the payment of such
1-60 fees and expenses by such Texas carriers has been granted, and is
1-61 in full force and effect. Provided further, however, that this
1-62 exemption shall not apply to the payment of filing fees for
1-63 applications for certificates or permits to operate in this State.>
1-64 <Nonresident motor carriers covered by this section are not
1-65 required to display upon a vehicle external identification other
1-66 than that required by the Interstate Commerce Commission.>
1-67 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
1-68 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-1 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-2 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-3 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-4 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
2-5 * * * * *
2-6 Austin,
2-7 Texas
2-8 May 20, 1993
2-9 Hon. Bob Bullock
2-10 President of the Senate
2-11 Sir:
2-12 We, your Committee on State Affairs to which was referred H.B.
2-13 No. 1590, have had the same under consideration, and I am
2-14 instructed to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation
2-15 that it do pass and be printed.
2-16 Harris of
2-17 Dallas, Chairman
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2-19 WITNESSES
2-20 No witnesses appeared on H.B. No. 1590.