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78R5945 JTS-F

By:  Coleman                                                      H.B. No. 1507



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a motor vehicle registration fee to support trauma 
centers to be collected when a motor vehicle is registered.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, 
is amended by adding Section 502.1711 to read as follows:
	Sec. 502.1711.  ADDITIONAL FEE FOR TRAUMA CENTERS.  (a)  In 
addition to the registration fee for registration of a motor 
vehicle under this chapter, a fee of $5 shall be collected.
	(b)  On the first Monday of each month, the county 
assessor-collector shall send the fee collected under Subsection 
(a) to the comptroller for deposit in the tertiary care account 
under Section 46.003, Health and Safety Code.
	(c)  The county assessor-collector may retain an amount 
equal to not more than 10 percent of each fee collected under 
Subsection (a).  The assessor-collector shall deposit any amount 
retained under this subsection in the county treasury to the credit 
of the general fund and shall petition the commissioners court for 
the amount necessary to administer this section.  The commissioners 
court may allocate money deposited in the county treasury under 
this subsection that is not allocated to the assessor-collector to 
administer this section for general purposes of the county.
	SECTION 2.  Section 502.102(a), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Except as provided by Sections 502.103, [and] 502.104, 
and 502.1711, this section applies to all fees collected by a county 
assessor-collector under this chapter.
	SECTION 3.  The tertiary care account under Section 46.003, 
Health and Safety Code, is re-created as a dedicated account in the 
general revenue fund.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2004, and 
applies only to the registration of a motor vehicle that is applied 
for on or after that date, but only if the constitutional amendment 
proposed by the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, 
authorizing the use of motor vehicle registration fees to support 
trauma centers is approved by the voters.  If that amendment is not 
approved by the voters, this Act has no effect.