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  80R10553 DWS-D
 
  By: Pickett H.B. No. 3116
 
 
 
   
 
 
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
        1-6,000 $0.44 $0.55
    6,001-8,000  0.495 0.66
    8,001-10,000 0.605 0.77
   10,001-17,000 0.715 0.88
   17,001-24,000 0.77 0.99
   24,001-31,000 0.88 1.10
   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.