Bill Text: TX HB1954 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the licensing of vehicles for hire and passenger transportation services by certain airport governing boards; authorizing the imposition of fees; expanding the authorization to require an occupational license; amending a provision subject to a criminal penalty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-06 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1954 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB1954-Comm_Sub.html

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84R22838 JTS-F
By: Parker H.B. No. 1954
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1954:
By: Pickett C.S.H.B. No. 1954

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the licensing of vehicles for hire and passenger
transportation services by certain airport governing boards;
authorizing the imposition of fees; expanding the authorization to
require an occupational license; amending a provision subject to a
criminal penalty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 22.081, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 22.081. [TAXICAB] LICENSING OF VEHICLES FOR HIRE AND
PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. (a) A joint board may license
taxicabs transporting passengers to or from the airport and impose
fees for issuing the licenses.
(b) A joint board for which the constituent agencies are
populous home-rule municipalities may:
(1) license vehicles for hire, including taxicabs, and
passenger transportation services providing services to or from the
airport for compensation; and
(2) impose fees for issuing the licenses.
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, 2015.