By: Madla S.B. No. 1848
97S0882/1
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to optional county vehicle registration fees.
1-2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-3 SECTION 1. Section 502.172. Transportation Code, is amended
1-4 by amending the section heading and Subsections (a) and (f) to read
1-5 as follows:
1-6 Sec. 502.172. OPTIONAL COUNTY FEE FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND
1-7 AND FIRE PROTECTION FUND. (a) The commissioners court of a county
1-8 by order may impose and additional fee not to exceed $20 [$10] for
1-9 registering a vehicle in the county. The additional fee imposed
1-10 under this section may include a fee not to exceed $10 for the
1-11 county road and bridge fund and a fee not to exceed $10 for the
1-12 county fire protection fund. The commissioners court of a county
1-13 shall specify the amount of the additional fee that is to be
1-14 allocated to each such fund in its order imposing the fee.
1-15 (f) The department shall collect the additional fee on a
1-16 vehicle that is owned by a resident of a county imposing a fee
1-17 under this section and that, under this chapter, must be registered
1-18 directly with the department. The department shall send all fees
1-19 collected for a county under this subsection to the county
1-20 treasurer to be credited to the county road and bridge fund and the
1-21 county fire protection fund as provided for in the commissioners
1-22 court order imposing the additional fee.
1-23 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
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.