By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 2227

(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2017; March 29, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; April 20, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 20, 2017, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to an increase in the fee for permits issued for the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles carrying cargo in Hidalgo County.

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

SECTION 1. Section 623.364(a), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) The authority may collect a fee for permits issued under this subchapter. Beginning September 1, 2017 [2013], the maximum amount of the fee may not exceed $200 [$80] per trip. On September 1 of each subsequent year, the authority may adjust the maximum fee amount as necessary to reflect the percentage change during the preceding year in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. City Average, published monthly by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics or its successor in function.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.

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