By: Lucio III (Senate Sponsor - Lucio) H.B. No. 3126
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2013;
  May 10, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Transportation; May 17, 2013, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 1; May 17, 2013, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the authorization by referendum election of an increase
  in optional fees imposed on vehicles registered in certain counties
  to fund transportation projects.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 502.402, Transportation Code, is amended
  by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as
  follows:
         (b)  The commissioners court of a county by order may impose
  an additional fee[, not to exceed $10,] for a vehicle registered in
  the county. Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), the fee may not
  exceed $10.
         (b-1)  The commissioners court of a county described by
  Subsection (a) with a population of less than 700,000 may increase
  the additional fee to an amount that does not exceed $20 if approved
  by a majority of the qualified voters of the county voting on the
  issue at a referendum election, which the commissioners court may
  order and hold for that purpose.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
 
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