SRC-JBJ H.B. 2124 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   H.B. 2124
77R10308 JAT-DBy: Noriega (Lindsay)
State Affairs
5/11/2001
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DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Texas uses a single procedure to register all vehicles in the state.
Annually, the Texas Department of Transportation (department) mails a
registration renewal form to the vehicle owner for each vehicle owned.
Some businesses have a large number of vehicles, and receive a renewal
notice for each vehicle which must be received, completed, and mailed back,
creating a large amount of paperwork for the business as well as for the
state.  H.B. 2124 creates a consolidated registration system for vehicles
in a fleet. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

Rulemaking authority is expressly granted to the Texas Department of
Transportation in SECTION 1 (Section 502.0022, Transportation Code) of this
bill. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Chapter 502A, Transportation Code, by adding Section
502.0022, as follows: 

Sec. 502.0022.  CONSOLIDATED REGISTRATION OF FLEET VEHICLES.  Requires the
Texas Department of Transportation (department) to 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.  Requires a system of consolidated registration under this section
to allow the owner of a fleet of motor vehicles to register an entire fleet
of motor vehicles in the county of the owner's residence or principal place
of business or those vehicles in a fleet of vehicles that are operated most
regularly in the same county by registering the vehicles in that county.
Requires the department by rule to define "fleet" for purposes of this
section.  Authorizes the department to adopt rules to administer this
section. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 2001.