By Noriega                                            H.B. No. 2418
         Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2418:
         By Noriega                                        C.S.H.B. No. 2418
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the registration period for certain motor vehicles.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Section 502.158(c), Transportation Code, is
 1-5     amended to read as follows:
 1-6           (c)  The department may designate a registration period of
 1-7     less than 12 months.  The registration fee for a registration
 1-8     period of less than 12 months is computed at a rate of one-twelfth
 1-9     the annual registration fee multiplied by the number of months in
1-10     the registration period.  The department may not designate a
1-11     registration period of more than 12 months, but:
1-12                 (1)  with the consent of the department, an owner may
1-13     pay registration fees for a designated period of more than 12
1-14     months; and
1-15                 (2)  an owner of a vehicle [passenger car or light
1-16     truck that has not been previously registered in this or another
1-17     state and is of the current or preceding model year] may pay
1-18     registration fees for a designated period of 12, 24, or 36 months.
1-19           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
1-20     applies only to a registration period beginning on or after that
1-21     date.