Amend HB 1368 (House Engrossment) as follows:
      (1)  Strike SECTION 2 of the bill (page 1, lines 19-24) and
substitute the following appropriately numbered SECTION:
      SECTION _____. (a)  The change in law made by this Act to
Section 502.203, Transportation Code, applies only to an
application for vehicle registration under that section submitted
on or after the effective date of this Act.  An application for
registration under that section submitted before the effective date
of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the
application was submitted, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
      (b)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
      (2)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION and
renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
      SECTION ____. Subchapter A, Chapter 502, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 502.0022 to read as follows:
      Sec. 502.0022.  CONSOLIDATED REGISTRATION OF FLEET VEHICLES.
(a)  The department shall develop and implement a system of
registration so that an owner of a fleet of motor vehicles may
consolidate the registration of the motor vehicles in the fleet as
an alternative to the separate registration of each motor vehicle
in the fleet.
      (b)  A system of consolidated registration under this section
must allow the owner of a fleet of motor vehicles to register:
            (1)  an entire fleet of motor vehicles in the county of
the owner's residence or principal place of business; or
            (2)  those vehicles in a fleet of vehicles that are
operated most regularly in the same county by registering the
vehicles in that county.
      (c)  The department by rule shall define "fleet" for purposes
of this section.
      (d)  The department may adopt rules to administer this
section.