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78R1970 MTB-D


By:  Keffer of Eastland                                           H.B. No. 245



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the disposition by counties of motor vehicle 
registration fees and sales tax revenue.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.   Section 502.102, Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 502.102.  DISPOSITION OF FEES GENERALLY.  (a)  Except 
as provided by Sections 502.103 and 502.104, this section applies 
to all fees collected by a county assessor-collector under this 
chapter.
	(b)  Each Monday, a county assessor-collector shall credit 
to the county road and bridge fund an amount equal to the net 
collections made during the preceding week until the amount so 
credited for the calendar year equals the total of:
		(1)  $60,000; and                                                      
		(2)  $350 for each mile of county road maintained by the 
county, according to the most recent information available from the 
department, not to exceed 500 miles[;
		[(3)  an amount equal to five percent of the tax and 
penalties collected by the assessor-collector under Chapter 152, 
Tax Code, in the preceding calendar year; and
		[(4)  an amount equal to five percent of the tax and 
penalties collected by the comptroller under Section 152.047, Tax 
Code, in the preceding calendar year].
	(c)  If [After] the credits to the county road and bridge 
fund equal or exceed the maximum annual amount that a county may 
credit to the fund [total computed] under Subsection (b), each 
Monday the county assessor-collector shall:
		(1)  credit to the county road and bridge fund an 
additional amount equal to 50 percent of the net collections made 
during the preceding week, until the amount [so] credited under 
this subdivision for the calendar year equals $125,000; and
		(2)  send to the department an amount equal to 50 
percent of those collections.
	(d)  If [After] the credits to the county road and bridge 
fund equal or exceed the maximum annual [total] amounts that a 
county may credit to the fund [computed] under Subsections (b) and 
(c)(1), each Monday the county assessor-collector shall credit to 
the county road and bridge fund an additional amount equal to the 
net collections made during the preceding week until the amount 
credited for the calendar year under this subsection equals five 
percent of the amount of tax and penalties collected in the county 
in the preceding calendar year by:
		(1)  the assessor-collector under Chapter 152, Tax 
Code; and         
		(2)  the comptroller under Section 152.047, Tax Code.                  
	(e)  If the credits to the county road and bridge fund equal 
the maximum amounts that a county may credit to the fund under 
Subsections (b), (c)(1), and (d), each Monday the county 
assessor-collector shall send to the department all collections 
made during the preceding week.
	(f) [(e)]  Each Monday the county assessor-collector shall 
send to the department a copy of each receipt issued the previous 
week for a registration fee under this chapter.
	(g)  If the amount of collections under this chapter is 
insufficient to cover the amount that a county is authorized to 
retain under Subsection (d), on request of the county 
assessor-collector the comptroller shall remit to the county the 
amount of the deficiency from the money collected under this 
chapter.
	SECTION 2.  Section 152.121(c), Tax Code, is repealed.                         
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2004.