By Lucio                                              S.B. No. 1520
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the fee collected for registration of motor 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(a), Transportation Code, is
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (a)  In addition to other registration fees for a license
 1-8     plate or set of license plates or other device used as the
 1-9     registration insignia, a fee of 25 cents [$1] shall be collected.
1-10           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2004, and
1-11     applies only to a registration fee for a registration period
1-12     beginning on or after that date.