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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain trailer registration fees for veterans with |
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disabilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 502.254(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Section 504.202, the [The] fee for |
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a registration year for registration of a trailer, travel trailer, |
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or semitrailer with a gross weight of 6,000 pounds or less is |
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$45.00. |
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SECTION 2. Section 504.202, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsections (a-1) |
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and (j) to read as follows: |
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(a) A person entitled to specialty license plates under this |
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section may register, for the person's own use, and [one vehicle] |
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without payment of any fee paid for or at the time of registration |
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except the fee for the license plates: |
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(1) one motor vehicle; and |
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(2) one trailer, travel trailer, or semitrailer. |
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(a-1) Registration under this section is valid for one year. |
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(b) A veteran of the United States armed forces is entitled |
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to register, for the person's own use, [motor] vehicles under this |
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section if: |
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(1) the person has suffered, as a result of military |
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service: |
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(A) at least a 50 percent service-connected |
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disability; or |
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(B) a 40 percent service-connected disability |
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because of the amputation of a lower extremity; |
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(2) the person receives compensation from the United |
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States because of the disability; and |
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(3) the [motor] vehicle[:
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[(A)] is owned by the person[;] and: |
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(A) if the vehicle is a motor vehicle, [(B)] has |
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a gross vehicle weight of 18,000 pounds or less; or |
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(B) if the vehicle is a trailer, travel trailer, |
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or semitrailer, has a gross weight of 6,000 pounds or less. |
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(j) In this section, "motor vehicle," "semitrailer," |
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"trailer," "travel trailer," and "vehicle" have the meanings |
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assigned by Section 502.001. |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies only to a registration year that |
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begins on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect January 1, 2016. |
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