1-1     By:  Lindsay                                          S.B. No. 1828
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed April 25, 2001; April 26, 2001, read
 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; May 7, 2001,
 1-4     reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0;
 1-5     May 7, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the consolidated registration of certain fleets of
 1-9     motor vehicles.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 502, Transportation Code,
1-12     is amended by adding Section 502.0022 to read as follows:
1-13           Sec. 502.0022.  CONSOLIDATED REGISTRATION OF FLEET VEHICLES.
1-14     (a)  The department shall develop and implement a system of
1-15     registration so that an owner of a fleet of motor vehicles may
1-16     consolidate the registration of the motor vehicles in the fleet as
1-17     an alternative to the separate registration of each motor vehicle
1-18     in the fleet.
1-19           (b)  A system of consolidated registration under this section
1-20     must allow the owner of a fleet of motor vehicles to register:
1-21                 (1)  an entire fleet of motor vehicles in the county of
1-22     the owner's residence or principal place of business; or
1-23                 (2)  those vehicles in a fleet of vehicles that are
1-24     operated most regularly in the same county by registering the
1-25     vehicles in that county.
1-26           (c)  The department by rule shall define "fleet" for purposes
1-27     of this section.
1-28           (d)  The department may adopt rules to administer this
1-29     section.
1-30           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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