By Hill H.B. No. 1512 76R5965 JD-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the issuance of a certificate of title for commercial 1-3 motor vehicles registered under an allocation or mileage 1-4 apportionment plan. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 501, Transportation Code, 1-7 is amended by adding Section 501.0231 to read as follows: 1-8 Sec. 501.0231. APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF TITLE FOR 1-9 CERTAIN COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES. (a) This section applies only 1-10 to a commercial motor vehicle, as defined by Section 502.001, that 1-11 is: 1-12 (1) eligible for registration under an agreement 1-13 entered into by the department under Section 502.054; and 1-14 (2) proposed to be operated under a registration 1-15 issued under that section. 1-16 (b) In lieu of applying to the county assessor-collector 1-17 under Section 501.023(a)(1), the owner of the commercial motor 1-18 vehicle may apply to the department for a certificate of title to 1-19 the vehicle. The application must be: 1-20 (1) on a form prescribed by the department; and 1-21 (2) accompanied by a fee of $13. 1-22 (c) Of each fee collected under this section, the department 1-23 shall deposit: 1-24 (1) $5 in the general revenue fund; and 2-1 (2) $8 to the credit of the state highway fund. 2-2 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 2-3 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-4 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-5 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-6 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-7 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.