By: Hancock S.B. No. 530

(In the Senate - Filed February 10, 2015; February 18, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; March 30, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 30, 2015, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 530 By: Hancock

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the licensing of vehicles for hire by certain airport governing boards; authorizing the imposition of fees.

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

SECTION 1. Section 22.081, Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 22.081. [TAXICAB] LICENSING OF VEHICLES FOR HIRE. (a) A joint board may license taxicabs transporting passengers to or from the airport and impose fees for issuing the licenses.

(b) A joint board for which the constituent agencies are populous home-rule municipalities may license taxicabs and other vehicles for hire transporting passengers to or from the airport and impose fees for issuing the license.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2015.

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