BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 1198 |
By: Raymond |
Transportation |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
There is a concern that certain counties do not currently have an option to impose an additional vehicle registration fee as a means of raising revenue for the county road and bridge fund. C.S.H.B. 1198 seeks to authorize an optional county fee for vehicle registration in certain counties.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that rulemaking authority is expressly granted to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles in SECTION 1 of this bill.
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ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 1198 amends the Transportation Code to authorize the commissioners court of a county that is located on an international border and has a population of more than 60,000 and less than 300,000 by order to impose an additional vehicle registration fee, not to exceed $10, for the county's road and bridge fund. The bill prohibits such a fee from being imposed or increased unless approved by a majority of the voters of the county voting at an election called by the county judge for that purpose. The bill authorizes a vehicle that may be registered without payment of a registration fee to be registered in a county imposing the additional fee without payment of that fee. The bill authorizes the additional fee to take effect and be removed in accordance with statutory requirements applicable to all counties relating to an optional county fee for a county road and bridge fund. The bill requires the additional fee to be collected for a vehicle when other vehicle registration fees are collected; requires collected fee revenue to be sent to the county treasurer to be credited to the county road and bridge fund; and authorizes the additional fee to be collected in addition to other fees collected under statutory provisions applicable to all counties relating to an optional county fee for a county road and bridge fund. The bill requires the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles to adopt rules necessary to administer registration for a vehicle being registered in a county imposing a fee under the bill's provisions.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2013.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 1198 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and highlighted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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