1-1     By:  Madla                                            S.B. No. 1848

 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 14, 1997; March 24, 1997, read

 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental

 1-4     Relations; April 22, 1997, reported favorably, as amended, by the

 1-5     following vote:  Yeas 11, Nays 0; April 22, 1997, sent to printer.)

 1-6     COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1                                By:  Madla

 1-7     Amend S.B. No. 1848 as follows:

 1-8           (1)  On page 1, line 19, strike "$20" and substitute "$12".

 1-9           (2)  On page 1, line 22, strike "$10" and substitute "$2".

1-10                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

1-11                                   AN ACT

1-12     relating to optional county vehicle registration fees.

1-13           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

1-14           SECTION 1.  Section 502.172, Transportation Code, is amended

1-15     by amending the section heading and Subsections (a) and (f) to read

1-16     as follows:

1-17           Sec. 502.172.  OPTIONAL COUNTY FEE FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND

1-18     AND FIRE PROTECTION FUND.  (a)  The commissioners court of a county

1-19     by order may impose an additional fee, not to exceed $20 [$10], for

1-20     registering a vehicle in the county.  The additional fee imposed

1-21     under this section may include a fee not to exceed $10 for the

1-22     county road and bridge fund and a fee not to exceed $10 for the

1-23     county fire protection fund.  The commissioners court of a county

1-24     shall specify the amount of the additional fee that is to be

1-25     allocated to each such fund in its order imposing the fee.

1-26           (f)  The department shall collect the additional fee on a

1-27     vehicle that is owned by a resident of a county imposing a fee

1-28     under this section and that, under this chapter, must be registered

1-29     directly with the department.  The department shall send all fees

1-30     collected for a county under this subsection to the county

1-31     treasurer to be credited to the county road and bridge fund and the

1-32     county fire protection fund as provided for in the commissioners

1-33     court order imposing the additional fee.

1-34           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.

1-35           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the

1-36     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

1-37     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

1-38     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

1-39     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.

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