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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the assessment and disposition of charges for |
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registering a motor vehicle that has been operated while improperly |
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registered. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 502.045, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsections (d-1) and (g) to read as follows: |
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(d-1) Every 60th day after the date the vehicle registration |
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became delinquent, the additional charge described by Subsection |
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(d)(2) is increased by an amount equal to the amount of the original |
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additional charge, except that the sum of the additional charges |
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may not exceed $200. |
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(g) The county-assessor collector of a county that is part |
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of a planning area for which a metropolitan planning organization |
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has been designated shall send to the organization the revenue from |
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an additional charge described by Subsection (d) or (d-1), to be |
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used for the purposes authorized by Section 7-a, Article VIII, |
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Texas Constitution. |
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SECTION 2. Section 502.198(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Sections 502.045, 502.058, |
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502.060, 502.1911, 502.192, and 502.357, this section applies to |
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all fees collected by a county assessor-collector under this |
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chapter. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |