80R11517 JRJ-D
 
  By: Murphy H.B. No. 2992
 
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2992:
 
  By:  Phillips C.S.H.B. No. 2992
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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.