Bill Text: TX HB1666 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authorization by referendum on an optional county fee on vehicle registration in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-07 - Referred to Transportation [HB1666 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1666-Introduced.html
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| By: Martinez | H.B. No. 1666 | |
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| relating to the authorization by referendum on an optional county | ||
| fee on vehicle registration in certain counties. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 502.4021 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 502.4021. OPTIONAL COUNTY FEE FOR REGIONAL | ||
| IMPROVEMENTS. (a) This section applies only to a county that: | ||
| (1) borders the United Mexican States and the Gulf of | ||
| Mexico; or | ||
| (2) borders a county described by Subdivision (1). | ||
| (b) The commissioners court of a county by order may impose | ||
| an additional fee of $2 for a vehicle registered in the county if | ||
| approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the county voting | ||
| at an election, which the commissioners court may order and hold for | ||
| that purpose. | ||
| (c) A vehicle that may be registered under this chapter | ||
| without payment of a registration fee may be registered under this | ||
| section without payment of the additional fee. | ||
| (d) A fee imposed under this section may take effect and be | ||
| removed in accordance with the requirements of Section 502.401. | ||
| (e) The additional fee shall be collected for a vehicle when | ||
| other fees imposed under this chapter are collected. | ||
| (f) The county shall: | ||
| (1) send 50 percent of the fee revenue collected to a | ||
| regional planning commission, council of governments, or similar | ||
| regional planning agency created under Chapter 391, Local | ||
| Government Code, in which the county is located; and | ||
| (2) send 50 percent of the fee revenue collected to | ||
| municipalities in the county, distributed in proportion to their | ||
| populations. | ||
| (g) A commission, council, or agency may use revenue | ||
| received under Subsection (f)(1) only to fund public transportation | ||
| services. | ||
| (h) A municipality may use revenue received under | ||
| Subsection (f)(2) only to fund road or drainage projects. | ||
| (i) The department shall adopt rules necessary to | ||
| administer registration for a vehicle being registered in a county | ||
| imposing a fee under this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
