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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