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Amend HB 402 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 382.209, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Subsections (k), (l), and (m) to read as follows:
(k) The commissioners court of a participating county may adopt a resolution to end the low-income vehicle repair assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement program in the county. The commissioners court shall submit the resolution to the commission and to the county tax assessor-collector. The resolution must include a date on which a fee may not be imposed under Section 382.202 or 382.302 for the purposes of the county's low-income vehicle repair assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement program on vehicles being inspected or registered in the county. The date must be:
(1) the first day of a month; and
(2) at least 30 days after the date the resolution is submitted to the commission.
(l) On receipt of a resolution under Subsection (k), the commission shall notify, in writing, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, the Department of Public Safety, and the Legislative Budget Board that a fee may not be imposed under Section 382.202 or 382.302 for the purposes of the county's low-income vehicle repair assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement program on vehicles being inspected or registered in the county after the date established under Subsection (k).
(m) To the extent practicable, the commission shall distribute to the county money collected in the county before the date established under Subsection (k) from a fee authorized under Section 382.202 or 382.302 for the purposes of the county's low-income vehicle repair assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement program. The county may use money distributed to the county under this subsection for remaining expenses of the program or for any other purpose.