1-1     By:  Lindsay                                          S.B. No. 1829
 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 registration period for certain motor vehicles.
 1-9           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10           SECTION 1.  Subsection (c), Section 502.158, Transportation
1-11     Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-12           (c)  The department may designate a registration period of
1-13     less than 12 months.  The registration fee for a registration
1-14     period of less than 12 months is computed at a rate of one-twelfth
1-15     the annual registration fee multiplied by the number of months in
1-16     the registration period.  The department may not designate a
1-17     registration period of more than 12 months, but:
1-18                 (1)  with the consent of the department, an owner may
1-19     pay registration fees for a designated period of more than 12
1-20     months; and
1-21                 (2)  an owner of a vehicle [passenger car or light
1-22     truck that has not been previously registered in this or another
1-23     state and is of the current or preceding model year] may pay
1-24     registration fees for a designated period of 12, 24, or 36 months.
1-25           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
1-26     applies only to a registration period beginning on or after that
1-27     date.
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