By: McClendon, Gutierrez H.B. No. 1573

(Senate Sponsor - Van de Putte)

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2013; May 9, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; May 20, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 1; May 20, 2013, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1573 By: Campbell

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to authorizing an optional county fee on vehicle registration in certain counties.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Sections 502.402(a) and (e), Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:

(a) This section applies only to:

(1) a county:

(A) [(1)] that borders the United Mexican States;

(B) [(2)] that has a population of more than 300,000; and

(C) [(3)] in which the largest municipality has a population of less than 300,000; and

(2) a county that has a population of more than 1.5 million that is coterminous with a regional mobility authority.

(e) The additional fee shall be collected for a vehicle when other fees imposed under this chapter are collected. The fee revenue collected shall be sent to the regional mobility authority of the county to fund long-term transportation projects in the county that are consistent with the purposes specified by Section 7-a, Article VIII, Texas Constitution.

SECTION 2. Section 502.402, Transportation Code, as amended by this Act, applies 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.

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