Bill Text: TX HB217 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to an optional county fee on registration of a vehicle in certain counties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-30 - Left pending in committee [HB217 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB217-Introduced.html

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82R839 MTB-D
By: Gallego H.B. No. 217

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an optional county fee on registration of a vehicle in
certain counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 502.1725(a), (f), and (g),
Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) This section applies only to:
(1) a county:
(A)[(1)] that borders the United Mexican States;
(B)[(2)] that has a population of more than
300,000; and
(C)[(3)] in which the largest municipality has a
population of less than 300,000; and
(2) a county that has a population of less than 50,000
that:
(A) borders the United Mexican States; and
(B) contains at least one federal military base.
(f) The county assessor-collector of a county imposing a fee
under this section shall collect the additional fee for a vehicle
when other fees imposed under this chapter are collected. If the
county is included in a regional mobility authority, the [The]
county shall send the fee revenue to the regional mobility
authority [of the county] to fund long-term transportation projects
in the county.
(g) The department shall collect the additional fee on a
vehicle that is owned by a resident of a county imposing a fee under
this section and that, under this chapter, must be registered
directly with the department. The department shall send all fees
collected for a county under this subsection to:
(1) the regional mobility authority of the county to
fund long-term transportation projects in the county if the county
is included in an authority; or
(2) the county treasurer to be credited to the county
public transportation fund if the county is not included in an
authority.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.