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.
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