79R3551 SMH-D
By: Harris S.B. No. 650
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the continuation of the Texas emissions reduction plan,
including the funding for the plan.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 386.002, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 386.002. EXPIRATION. This chapter expires August 31,
2010 [2008].
SECTION 2. Section 151.0515(d), Tax Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(d) This section expires September 30, 2010 [2008].
SECTION 3. Section 152.0215(c), Tax Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) This section expires September 30, 2010 [2008].
SECTION 4. Section 501.138, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to
read as follows:
(a) An applicant for a certificate of title, other than the
state or a political subdivision of the state, must pay the county
assessor-collector a fee of:
(1) $33 if the applicant's residence is a county
located within a nonattainment area as defined under Section 107(d)
of the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7407), as amended,
or is an affected county, as defined by Section 386.001, Health and
Safety Code;
(2) $28 if the applicant's residence is any other
county; or
(3) on or after September 1, 2010 [2008], $28
regardless of the county in which the applicant resides.
(b) The county assessor-collector shall send:
(1) $5 of the fee to the county treasurer for deposit
in the officers' salary fund;
(2) $8 of the fee to the department:
(A) together with the application within the time
prescribed by Section 501.023; or
(B) if the fee is deposited in an
interest-bearing account or certificate in the county depository or
invested in an investment authorized by Subchapter A, Chapter 2256,
Government Code, not later than the 35th day after the date on which
the fee is received; and
(3) the following amount to the comptroller at the
time and in the manner prescribed by the comptroller:
(A) $20 of the fee if the applicant's residence
is a county located within a nonattainment area as defined under
Section 107(d) of the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section
7407), as amended, or is an affected county, as defined by Section
386.001, Health and Safety Code;
(B) $15 of the fee if the applicant's residence
is any other county; or
(C) on or after September 1, 2010, $15 regardless
of the county in which the applicant resides.
(b-1) Fees collected under Subsection (b) [this subsection]
to be sent to the comptroller shall be deposited as follows:
(1) [(i)] before September 1, 2008, to the credit of
the Texas emissions reduction plan fund; and
(2) on or [(ii)] after September 1, 2008, to the credit
of the Texas Mobility Fund, except that $5 of each fee imposed under
Subsection (a)(1) and deposited on or after September 1, 2008, and
before September 1, 2010, shall be deposited to the credit of the
Texas emissions reduction plan fund.
SECTION 5. Section 502.1675(c), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) This section expires August 31, 2010 [2008].
SECTION 6. Section 548.256(c), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) The inspection station shall collect a fee of $225 for
each inspection performed under this section and shall remit the
fee to the department. Of each fee collected, the inspection
station may retain $5 to cover administrative costs. The
department shall remit all fees collected under this subsection to
the comptroller for deposit in the Texas emissions reduction plan
fund. The fee imposed by this subsection does not apply to an
inspection performed on a vehicle owned by active duty military
personnel and their dependents. This subsection expires August 31,
2010 [2008].
SECTION 7. Section 548.5055(c), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) This section expires August 31, 2010 [2008].
SECTION 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.