1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the payment of certain motor vehicle registration fees 1-3 for a period longer than 12 months. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 502.158, Transportation Code, is amended 1-6 by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (g) to read as 1-7 follows: 1-8 (c) The department may designate a registration period of 1-9 less than 12 months. The registration fee for a registration 1-10 period of less than 12 months is computed at a rate of one-twelfth 1-11 the annual registration fee multiplied by the number of months in 1-12 the registration period. The department may not designate a 1-13 registration period of more than 12 months, but: 1-14 (1) with the consent of the department, an owner may 1-15 pay registration fees for a designated period of more than 12 1-16 months; and 1-17 (2) an owner of a passenger car or light truck that 1-18 has not been previously registered in this or another state and is 1-19 of the current or preceding model year may pay registration fees 1-20 for a designated period of 12, 24, or 36 months. 1-21 (g) The department shall issue the applicant for 1-22 registration who pays registration fees for a designated period of 1-23 24 or 36 months a registration receipt and registration insignia 1-24 that are valid until the expiration of the designated period. 2-1 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. The 2-2 change in law made by this Act applies only to a person who applies 2-3 to the Texas Department of Transportation for registration of a 2-4 motor vehicle to which this Act applies on or after the effective 2-5 date of this Act. A person who applied for registration of a motor 2-6 vehicle to which this Act applies before the effective date of this 2-7 Act is covered by the law in effect when the application was made, 2-8 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. 2-9 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-10 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-11 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-12 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-13 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1306 was passed by the House on April 18, 1997, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1306 was passed by the Senate on May 15, 1997, by a viva-voce vote. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor