1-1 By: Lucio S.B. No. 1520
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2001; March 14, 2001, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Finance; April 24, 2001,
1-4 reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the
1-5 following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; April 24, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1520 By: Lucio
1-7 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-8 AN ACT
1-9 relating to the fee collected for the registration of vehicles in
1-10 certain counties.
1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12 SECTION 1. Section 502.1705, Transportation Code, is amended
1-13 to read as follows:
1-14 Sec. 502.1705. ADDITIONAL FEE FOR AUTOMATED REGISTRATION AND
1-15 TITLE SYSTEM AND DISABLED PARKING PLACARDS. (a) In addition to
1-16 other registration fees for a license plate or set of license
1-17 plates or other device used as the registration insignia, a fee of
1-18 35 cents [$1] shall be collected.
1-19 (b) Of each fee collected under this section, the [The]
1-20 department:
1-21 (1) may use 25 cents [money collected under this
1-22 section] to perform one or more of the following:
1-23 (A) [(1)] enhancing the department's automated
1-24 registration and title system;
1-25 (B) [(2)] providing for the automated on-site
1-26 production of registration insignia; or
1-27 (C) [(3)] providing for automated on-premises
1-28 and off-premises self-service registration; and
1-29 (2) shall deposit 10 cents to the credit of the state
1-30 highway fund to defray the cost of issuing disabled parking
1-31 placards under Section 681.004.
1-32 (c) This section applies only in a county in which the
1-33 department's automated registration and title system has been
1-34 implemented and in which 50,000 or more motor vehicles were
1-35 registered during the preceding year.
1-36 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2004, and
1-37 applies only to a registration fee for a registration period
1-38 beginning on or after that date.
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