By Janek H.B. No. 1435
76R5069 DWS-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to charges for title fees, property taxes, and
1-3 registration fees for leased vehicles.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Article 9026a, Revised Statutes, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 Art. 9026a. CHARGES FOR TITLE FEES, REGISTRATION FEES, AND
1-8 PROPERTY TAXES. (a) A person required to register under Section
1-9 152.065, Tax Code, may include in a customer agreement a [separate]
1-10 charge for the proportionate amount of title fees, registration
1-11 fees, and property taxes paid in the preceding calendar year on the
1-12 person's vehicle fleet.
1-13 (b) If a person includes a charge under Subsection (a) of
1-14 this article in a customer agreement, the charge:
1-15 (1) must be included on a nondiscriminatory basis;
1-16 [and]
1-17 (2) shall be collected in each agreement other than an
1-18 agreement that is exempt from a tax imposed under Section 152.026,
1-19 Tax Code; and
1-20 (3) may not be billed separately, but must be included
1-21 as an itemized charge in a billing statement that includes all
1-22 other charges under the customer agreement.
1-23 (c) A person commits an offense if the person violates this
1-24 article. An offense under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor.
2-1 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999, and
2-2 applies only to customer agreements entered into on or after that
2-3 date. A customer agreement entered into before the effective date
2-4 of this Act is governed by the law as it existed before the
2-5 effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for
2-6 that purpose.
2-7 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-8 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-9 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-10 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-11 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.