By Horn H.B. No. 2586
75R2149 JD-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the requirements for issuance of one-trip and 30-day
1-3 trip permits by the Texas Department of Transportation.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 502.354(e), Transportation Code, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (e) A person may obtain a permit under this section by:
1-8 (1) applying on a form provided by the department to:
1-9 (A) the county assessor-collector of the county
1-10 in which the vehicle will first be operated on a public highway; or
1-11 (B) the department in Austin; [and]
1-12 (2) paying a fee, in cash or by postal money order or
1-13 certified check, of:
1-14 (A) $5 for a one-trip permit; or
1-15 (B) $25 for each 30-day period; and
1-16 (3) furnishing evidence of financial responsibility
1-17 for the vehicle that meets the requirements of Section 502.153(c).
1-18 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. The
1-19 change in law made by this Act applies only to an application for a
1-20 one-trip or a 30-day permit filed on or after September 1, 1997.
1-21 An application for a one-trip or a 30-day permit filed before
1-22 September 1, 1997, is covered by the law in effect when the
1-23 application was filed, and the former law is continued in effect
1-24 for that purpose.
2-1 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-2 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-3 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-4 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-5 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.