By: Raymond, et al.	H.B. No. 1198
	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1198By:  Paxton	By:  Paxton
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2013;
	May 7, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
	Transportation; May 16, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable
	Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0;
	May 16, 2013, sent to printer.)

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to authorizing an optional county fee on vehicles
	registered in certain counties to fund transportation projects.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 502.402(a), Transportation Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(a)  This section applies only to a county:
	(1)  that borders the United Mexican States;
	(2)  that has a population of more than 250,000
	[300,000]; and
	(3)  in which the largest municipality has a population
	of less than 400,000 [300,000].
	SECTION 2.  Section 502.402, Transportation Code, as amended
	by this Act, applies only to the fee for a registration period
	beginning on or after the effective date of this Act. A fee for a
	registration period beginning before the effective date of this Act
	is governed by the law in effect when the registration period began,
	and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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