1-1 By: Hinojosa, Coleman, et al. H.B. No. 893 1-2 (Senate Sponsor - Harris) 1-3 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 2, 2001; 1-4 May 3, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on State 1-5 Affairs; May 9, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote: 1-6 Yeas 6, Nays 2; May 9, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-7 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-8 AN ACT 1-9 relating to an additional fee to support trauma centers to be 1-10 collected when a motor vehicle is registered. 1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-12 SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, is 1-13 amended by adding Section 502.1711 to read as follows: 1-14 Sec. 502.1711. ADDITIONAL FEE FOR TRAUMA CENTERS. (a) In 1-15 addition to other fees imposed under this chapter for a license 1-16 plate or set of license plates or other device used as the 1-17 registration insignia, a fee of $5 shall be collected. 1-18 (b) On the first Monday of each month, the county 1-19 assessor-collector shall send the fee collected under this section 1-20 to the comptroller for deposit in the tertiary care account under 1-21 Section 46.003, Health and Safety Code. 1-22 (c) The county assessor-collector may retain an amount equal 1-23 to not more than 10 percent of each fee collected under Subsection 1-24 (a). The assessor-collector shall deposit any amount retained 1-25 under this subsection in the county treasury to the credit of the 1-26 general fund and shall petition the commissioners court for the 1-27 amount necessary to administer this section. The commissioners 1-28 court may allocate money deposited in the county treasury under 1-29 this subsection that is not allocated to the assessor-collector to 1-30 administer this section for general purposes of the county. 1-31 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-32 * * * * *