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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to increasing the fee for a permit authorizing the |
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movement of certain vehicles transporting an intermodal shipping |
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container. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 623.404(a), Transportation Code, as |
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added by Chapter 108 (S.B. 1524), Acts of the 85th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2017, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) An application for a permit under Section 623.402(a) or |
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(b) must be accompanied by a permit fee of $8,000 [$6,000], of |
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which: |
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(1) 50 percent shall be deposited to the credit of the |
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state highway fund; |
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(2) 30 percent shall be equally divided among and |
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distributed to each county designated in the permit application; |
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(3) 16 percent shall be equally divided among and |
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distributed to each municipality designated in the permit |
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application; and |
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(4) 4 percent shall be deposited to the credit of the |
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Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an application for a permit that is filed with the Texas |
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Department of Motor Vehicles on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. An application for a permit filed before the effective date of |
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this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date of filing, and |
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that law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |