SRC-AMY S.B. 43 78(1)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 43
By: Ogden
Infrastructure Development and Security
7/11/2003
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

H.B. 3588, 78th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature, provided for an
additional $1 motor vehicle registration fee applicable to vehicles for
which the owner is required to submit evidence of financial responsibility
at the time of registration.  When a motor vehicle dealer sells a motor
vehicle, the dealer is require to submit an application for title and
registration, but is exempt from the requirement to submit proof of
financial responsibility at that time, and therefore exempt from the
additional fee.  Consequently, the Texas Department of Transportation may
incur significant additional programming costs without a commensurate
return.  As proposed, S.B. 43 applies the additional fee to dealer
transactions in the same manner that it is applied to transactions by
nondealers. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to
a state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 502.1715(a), Transportation Code, to require
the applicant, in addition to other fees imposed for registration of a
motor vehicle, at the time of application for registration or renewal of
registration of a motor vehicle that is subject to Section 501.0234 (Duty
of Vehicle Dealer on Sale of Certain Vehicles), to pay a fee of $1. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date:  upon passage or November 1, 2003.