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  84R10488 JXC-D
 
  By: Burrows H.B. No. 3758
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the assessment and disposition of charges for
  registering a motor vehicle that has been operated while improperly
  registered.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 502.045, Transportation Code, is amended
  by adding Subsections (d-1) and (g) to read as follows:
         (d-1)  Every 60th day after the date the vehicle registration
  became delinquent, the additional charge described by Subsection
  (d)(2) is increased by an amount equal to the amount of the original
  additional charge, except that the sum of the additional charges
  may not exceed $200.
         (g)  The county-assessor collector of a county that is part
  of a planning area for which a metropolitan planning organization
  has been designated shall send to the organization the revenue from
  an additional charge described by Subsection (d) or (d-1), to be
  used for the purposes authorized by Section 7-a, Article VIII,
  Texas Constitution.
         SECTION 2.  Section 502.198(a), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Except as provided by Sections 502.045, 502.058,
  502.060, 502.1911, 502.192, and 502.357, this section applies to
  all fees collected by a county assessor-collector under this
  chapter.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.