By: Bailey (Senate Sponsor - Gallegos) H.B. No. 178

(In the Senate - Received from the House March 29, 2007; April 3, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security; April 20, 2007, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 20, 2007, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the issuance and renewal of certain licenses for junkyards and automotive wrecking and salvage yards.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 396.041(c), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:

(c) An ordinance may:

(1) impose a fee of $25 for the issuance or renewal of a license;

(2) impose a fee of not more than:

(A) $150 for the issuance or renewal of a license, if the ordinance is adopted by the commissioners court of a county with a population of one million or more that contains two or more municipalities, each of which has a population of 250,000 or more; or

(B) $500 for the issuance or renewal of a license, if the ordinance is adopted by the commissioners court of a county with a population of 3.3 million or more;

(3) condition the license on the operation of the junkyard or automotive wrecking and salvage yard only at a location approved by the commissioners court; or

(4) establish grounds for suspending or revoking a license if the junkyard or automotive wrecking and salvage yard is not screened.

SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section 396.041, Transportation Code, applies only to a license issued or renewed on or after the effective date of this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.

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