1-1 By: Bernsen S.B. No. 1109 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 6, 2001; March 7, 2001, read 1-3 first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; 1-4 April 11, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 1-5 Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 11, 2001, 1-6 sent to printer.) 1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1109 By: Shapleigh 1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-9 AN ACT 1-10 relating to the use of the Galveston-Port Bolivar ferry operated by 1-11 the Texas Department of Transportation. 1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-13 SECTION 1. Chapter 342, Transportation Code, is amended by 1-14 adding Subchapter G to read as follows: 1-15 SUBCHAPTER G. GALVESTON-PORT BOLIVAR FERRY 1-16 Sec. 342.501. FERRY VEHICLE STICKER. (a) An owner of a 1-17 motor vehicle registered under Chapter 502 may apply to the 1-18 department for issuance of a sticker for the vehicle that entitles 1-19 the vehicle to have priority in boarding the Galveston-Port Bolivar 1-20 ferry operated by the department. 1-21 (b) The department shall: 1-22 (1) design the sticker; and 1-23 (2) designate the place where a sticker must be 1-24 affixed to the windshield of the motor vehicle for which it is 1-25 issued. 1-26 Sec. 342.502. FEE. (a) The annual fee for a ferry vehicle 1-27 sticker under this subchapter is the greater of $50 or the amount 1-28 equal to the fee for the current registration year for registration 1-29 under Subchapter D, Chapter 502. 1-30 (b) Of each fee collected under this section, the department 1-31 shall: 1-32 (1) deposit the greater of $30 or 60 percent in the 1-33 state highway fund, $10 of which shall be used to defray the cost 1-34 of administering this subchapter; and 1-35 (2) give the greater of $20 or 40 percent to the 1-36 comptroller for deposit in the parks and wildlife operating 1-37 account. 1-38 Sec. 342.503. RULES AND FORMS. (a) The department may 1-39 adopt rules to administer this subchapter. 1-40 (b) The department shall prescribe forms necessary for the 1-41 administration of this subchapter. 1-42 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-43 * * * * *