Bill Text: TX HB2475 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to vehicle registration requirements for deployed active military personnel.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-18 - Left pending in committee [HB2475 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB2475-Introduced.html

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82R9933 JXC-D
By: Aliseda H.B. No. 2475

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to vehicle registration requirements for deployed active
military personnel.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 502.0025, Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 502.0025. EFFECT OF CERTAIN MILITARY SERVICE ON
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT. (a) This section applies only to a
[motor vehicle that is owned by a] person who:
(1) is a resident of this state;
(2) is on active duty in the armed forces of the United
States; and
(3) is stationed in or has been assigned to another
nation under military orders.
(b) A person to whom this section applies:
(1) except as provided by Subsection (c), shall
register a motor vehicle that the person owns under Section
502.002(a); and
(2) is exempt from paying fees for vehicle
registration or renewal of vehicle registration, not including a
registration or renewal fee for a vehicle issued specialty or
personalized license plates or any additional or optional fee
authorized or imposed by this chapter.
(c) A person to whom this section applies is exempt from the
registration requirement in Section 502.002(a) if:
(1) the person [; and (4)] has registered the vehicle
or been issued a license for the vehicle under the applicable status
of forces agreement by:
(A) the appropriate branch of the armed forces of
the United States; or
(B) the nation in which the person is stationed
or to which the person has been assigned; and [.]
(2) [(b) Unless] the registration or license issued
for the [a] vehicle has not been [described by Subsection (a) is]
suspended, canceled, or revoked by this state as provided by law. [:
[(1) Section 502.002(a) does not apply; and]
(d) A [(2) the] registration or license issued by the armed
forces or host nation under Subsection (c)(1) remains valid and the
motor vehicle may be operated in this state under that registration
or license for a period of not more than 90 days after the date on
which the vehicle returns to this state.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.