84R13269 JRR-D
 
  By: Lucio S.B. No. 1729
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to programs for imposing or increasing a toll on and
  increasing the vehicle registration fee for a commercial motor
  vehicle.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter H, Chapter 201, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 201.623 to read as follows:
         Sec. 201.623.  COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE TOLL PROGRAM. (a)
  Notwithstanding any other law, the department, in consultation with
  the comptroller, may establish a program for imposing a toll or
  increasing an existing toll on a commercial motor vehicle for the
  use of a state highway.
         (b)  The department must hold a public hearing before
  imposing or increasing a toll under the program.
         (c)  Toll revenue collected or received by the department
  under the program must be deposited to the credit of the state
  highway fund.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter G, Chapter 502, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 502.360 to read as follows:
         Sec. 502.360.  ADDITIONAL FEE FOR COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department, in consultation
  with the comptroller, may establish a program for imposing an
  additional fee for the registration of a commercial motor vehicle.
         (b)  The department must hold a public hearing before
  imposing an additional fee under the program.
         (c)  An additional fee imposed under the program may not be
  more than 50 percent of the applicable fee for the vehicle under
  Subchapter F.
         (d)  Registration fees collected under the program must be
  deposited to the credit of the state highway fund.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.