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.