By Rangel                                             H.B. No. 1128
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the registration period for a truck-tractor or
 1-3     commercial motor vehicle transporting seasonal agricultural
 1-4     products.
 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-6           SECTION 1. The heading to Section 502.1585, Transportation
 1-7     Code, as added by Chapter 732, Acts of the 76th Legislature,
 1-8     Regular Session, 1999, is amended to read as follows:
 1-9           Sec. 502.1586 [502.1585].  REGISTRATION PERIOD FOR
1-10     TRUCK-TRACTOR OR COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE TRANSPORTING SEASONAL
1-11     AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
1-12           SECTION 2. Sections 502.1585(c) and (d), Transportation Code,
1-13     as added by Chapter 732, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular
1-14     Session, 1999, are amended to read as follows:
1-15           (c)  The department shall design, prescribe, and furnish a
1-16     registration receipt [and registration insignia] that is [are]
1-17     valid until the expiration of the designated registration period.
1-18           (d)  The registration fee for a registration under this
1-19     section is computed at a rate of one-twelfth the annual
1-20     registration fee under Section 502.162, 502.163, or 502.167, as
1-21     applicable, multiplied by the number of months in the registration
1-22     period specified in the application for the registration.
1-23           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.