By Horn H.B. No. 2516
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2516:
By Horn C.S.H.B. No. 2516
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 Relating to the fees for the administration and enforcement of the
1-3 labeling of motor fuels containing certain mixtures of gasoline and
1-4 alchohol.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Section 9(C) and (e), Chapter 1033, Acts of the
1-7 71st Legislature, Regular Session, 1989 (Article 8614, V.T.C.S.),
1-8 is amended to read as follows:
1-9 (c) In addition to the fees authorized by Subsection (b) of
1-10 this section, the comptroller by rule may impose a fee to be
1-11 collected on a periodic basis determined by the comptroller from
1-12 each, distributor, supplier, wholesaler, and jobber who deals in a
1-13 motor fuel, without regard to whether the motor fuel is subject to
1-14 regulation under this Act. The comptroller by rule shall prescribe
1-15 the form for the reporting and remitting the fees imposed by and
1-16 under this section.
1-17 (e) The total amount of the fees collected annually under
1-18 this Act may not exceed the lesser of:
1-19 (1) the costs of administering and enforcing the
1-20 provisions of this Act; or
1-21 (2) $500,000.
1-22 SECTION 2. Section 1(2), Chapter 1033, Acts of the 71st
1-23 Legislature, Regular Session, 1989 (Article 8614, V.T.C.S.), is
2-1 amended to read as follows:
2-2 (2) "Motor fuel" has the meaning given that term by
2-3 Section 153.001 <153.001(17)> Tax Code.
2-4 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-5 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-6 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-7 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-8 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-9 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-10 passage, and it is so enacted.