Amend CSSB 1350 (senate committee report) as follows:

(1)  Strike SECTION 11 of the bill, amending Section 502.0023, Transportation Code (page 4, lines 11 through 20).

(2)  Insert the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS and renumber subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:

SECTION ____.  The heading to Section 502.0023, Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 502.0023.  [EXTENDED] REGISTRATION OF COMMERCIAL FLEET VEHICLES.

SECTION ____.  Sections 502.0023(a) and (b), Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:

(a)  The [Notwithstanding Section 502.044(c), the] department shall develop and implement a system of registration to allow an owner of a commercial fleet to register the motor vehicles, semitrailers, and trailers in the commercial fleet [for an extended registration period of not less than one year or more than eight years.     The owner may select the number of years for registration under this section within that range and register the commercial fleet for that period.     Payment for all registration fees for the entire registration period selected is due at the time of registration].

(b)  A system of fleet [extended] registration under this section must allow the owner of a commercial fleet to register:

(1)  an entire commercial fleet in the county of the owner's residence or principal place of business; or

(2)  the motor vehicles in a commercial fleet that are operated most regularly in the same county.