|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
relating to certain fees and taxes collected by this state in |
|
connection with a motor vehicle. |
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
SECTION 1. Section 502.161, Transportation Code, is amended |
|
by amending Subsections (a), (b), and (c) to read as follows: |
|
(a) The fee for a registration year for registration of a |
|
passenger car of any weight or for registration of [,] a municipal |
|
bus[,] or a private bus that weighs 6,000 pounds or less is $50.50 |
|
[:
|
|
[(1) $40.50 for a vehicle the model year of which is
|
|
more than six years before the year in which the registration year
|
|
begins;
|
|
[(2) $50.50 for a vehicle the model year of which is
|
|
more than three years but is six years or less before the year in
|
|
which the registration year begins; or
|
|
[(3) $58.50 for a vehicle the model year of which is
|
|
three years or less before the year in which the registration year
|
|
begins]. |
|
(b) The fee for a registration year for registration of a |
|
[passenger car, a] municipal bus[,] or a private bus that weighs |
|
more than 6,000 pounds is $25 plus 60 cents for each 100 pounds. |
|
(c) For registration purposes, the weight of a [passenger
|
|
car, a] municipal bus[,] or a private bus is the weight generally |
|
accepted as its correct shipping weight plus 100 pounds. |
|
SECTION 2. Section 502.162, Transportation Code, is amended |
|
by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as |
|
follows: |
|
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), the [The] fee |
|
for a registration year for registration of a commercial motor |
|
vehicle or truck-tractor is $25 plus an amount determined according |
|
to the vehicle's gross weight and tire equipment, as follows: |
|
|
|
Gross weight |
Fee for each 100 pounds or |
|
|
in pounds |
fraction of 100 pounds |
|
|
|
|
|
Equipped with |
Equipped with |
|
|
|
pneumatic tires |
solid tires |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
31,001 and over |
0.99 |
1.32 |
|
|
(a-1) The fee for a registration year for registration of a |
|
light truck is $58.80. |
|
SECTION 3. Section 152.025(b), Tax Code, is amended to read |
|
as follows: |
|
(b) The tax is $62.50 [$10]. |
|
SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act to Chapter |
|
502, Transportation Code, apply only to the fee for a registration |
|
period beginning on or after the effective date of this Act. A fee |
|
for a registration period beginning before the effective date of |
|
this Act is governed by the law in effect when the registration |
|
period began, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
|
purpose. |
|
SECTION 5. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
|
152.025, Tax Code, does not affect taxes imposed before the |
|
effective date of this Act, and the law in effect before the |
|
effective date of this Act is continued in effect for purposes of |
|
the liability for and collection of those taxes. |
|
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect July 1, 2007, if it |
|
receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each |
|
house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. |
|
If this Act does not receive the vote necessary to take effect on |
|
that date, this Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |