By Noriega                                            H.B. No. 2124
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the consolidated registration of certain fleets of
 1-3     motor vehicles.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 502, Transportation Code,
 1-6     is amended by adding Section 502.0022 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 502.0022.  CONSOLIDATED REGISTRATION OF FLEET VEHICLES.
 1-8     (a)  As part of the department's automated registration and title
 1-9     system, the department shall allow the owner of a fleet of motor
1-10     vehicles to apply for consolidated registration of all the vehicles
1-11     in that fleet.
1-12           (b)  The department by rule shall define "fleet" for purposes
1-13     of this section.
1-14           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.