H.B. No. 2992
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the registration of semitrailers.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 502.167(j), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (j)  A person may register a semitrailer under this section
  for a registration period of five consecutive years if the person:
               (1)  [owns 50 or more semitrailers at the time of the
  application;
               [(2)]  applies to the department for the five-year
  registration;
               (2) [(3)]  provides proof of the person's eligibility
  to register the vehicle under this subsection as required by the
  department; and
               (3) [(4)]  pays a fee of $15, plus any applicable fee
  under Section 502.172, for each year included in the registration
  period.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2992 was passed by the House on May 2,
  2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2992 was passed by the Senate on May
  18, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor