79R8250 JTS-D

By:  Estes                                                        S.B. No. 950



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the fee for a permit to operate an overweight motor 
vehicle.    
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 623.0111(a), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  When a person applies for a permit under Section 
623.011, the person must:
		(1)  designate in the application each county in which 
the vehicle will be operated; and
		(2)  pay in addition to other fees an annual fee in an 
amount determined according to the following table:

Number of Counties Designated                                              Fee

1-20                                                                   $500 [$125]

21-40                                                                  $850 [$345]

41-60                                                                $1,000 [$565]

61-80                                                                $1,500 [$785]

81-100                                                               $2,000 [$1,005]

101-254                                                              $4,000 [$2,000]
	SECTION 2.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies 
only to an application for a permit under Section 623.011, 
Transportation Code, that is filed on or after September 1, 2005.
	(b)  An application for a permit under Section 623.011, 
Transportation Code, filed before September 1, 2005, is governed by 
the law in effect on the date the application was filed and the 
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.