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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