1-1 By: Rangel (Senate Sponsor - Lucio) H.B. No. 1128
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 30, 2001;
1-3 May 1, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
1-4 Resources; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:
1-5 Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the registration period for a truck-tractor or
1-9 commercial motor vehicle transporting seasonal agricultural
1-10 products.
1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12 SECTION 1. The heading to Section 502.1585, Transportation
1-13 Code, as added by Chapter 732, Acts of the 76th Legislature,
1-14 Regular Session, 1999, is amended to read as follows:
1-15 Sec. 502.1586 [502.1585]. REGISTRATION PERIOD FOR
1-16 TRUCK-TRACTOR OR COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE TRANSPORTING SEASONAL
1-17 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
1-18 SECTION 2. Sections 502.1585(c) and (d), Transportation Code,
1-19 as added by Chapter 732, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular
1-20 Session, 1999, are amended to read as follows:
1-21 (c) The department shall design, prescribe, and furnish a
1-22 registration receipt [and registration insignia] that is [are]
1-23 valid until the expiration of the designated registration period.
1-24 (d) The registration fee for a registration under this
1-25 section is computed at a rate of one-twelfth the annual
1-26 registration fee under Section 502.162, 502.163, or 502.167, as
1-27 applicable, multiplied by the number of months in the registration
1-28 period specified in the application for the registration.
1-29 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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