By: Lucio, Zaffirini S.B. No. 1520
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the fee collected for the registration of vehicles in
1-3 certain counties.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 502.1705, Transportation Code, is amended
1-6 to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 502.1705. ADDITIONAL FEE FOR AUTOMATED REGISTRATION AND
1-8 TITLE SYSTEM AND DISABLED PARKING PLACARDS. (a) In addition to
1-9 other registration fees for a license plate or set of license
1-10 plates or other device used as the registration insignia, a fee of
1-11 35 cents [$1] shall be collected.
1-12 (b) Of each fee collected under this section, the [The]
1-13 department:
1-14 (1) may use 25 cents [money collected under this
1-15 section] to perform one or more of the following:
1-16 (A) [(1)] enhancing the department's automated
1-17 registration and title system;
1-18 (B) [(2)] providing for the automated on-site
1-19 production of registration insignia; or
1-20 (C) [(3)] providing for automated on-premises
1-21 and off-premises self-service registration; and
1-22 (2) shall deposit 10 cents to the credit of the state
1-23 highway fund to defray the cost of issuing disabled parking
1-24 placards under Section 681.004.
1-25 (c) This section applies only in a county in which the
2-1 department's automated registration and title system has been
2-2 implemented and in which 50,000 or more motor vehicles were
2-3 registered during the preceding year.
2-4 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2004, and
2-5 applies only to a registration fee for a registration period
2-6 beginning on or after that date.