Bill Text: TX HB3295 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles to set the amount of certain fees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-28 - Left pending in committee [HB3295 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3295-Introduced.html
| By: Harper-Brown | H.B. No. 3295 | |
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| relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles | ||
| to set the amount of certain fees. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 2301.712(a), Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) The board shall determine the amount of the [ |
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| fee for a contested case or a protest that involves a hearing | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 643.001, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
| by amending Subdivision (1) and adding Subdivision (1-a) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (1) "Board" means the board of the Texas Department of | ||
| Motor Vehicles. | ||
| (1-a) "Department" means the Texas Department of Motor | ||
| Vehicles. | ||
| SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 1001, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 1001.0421 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1001.0421. REVENUE FORECAST. The board shall prepare | ||
| a forecast containing a detailed report of estimated revenue for | ||
| the state highway fund on a biennial basis. | ||
| SECTION 4. Chapter 1002, Transportation Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Sections 1002.004 and 1002.005 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1002.004. PUBLICATION OF FEES. The board shall | ||
| publish on the department's Internet website a schedule of all fees | ||
| set by the board. | ||
| Sec. 1002.005. AMOUNT OF FEES. Notwithstanding any other | ||
| law, if the board has authority to collect or administer a fee in | ||
| support of a program or regulatory function, the board may by rule | ||
| set the fee in an amount determined by the board if: | ||
| (1) the board submits the proposed fee to the | ||
| Legislative Budget Board for review; and | ||
| (2) the Legislative Budget Board determines the | ||
| proposed fee will recover all direct and indirect costs of | ||
| administering the program or regulatory function the fee is | ||
| intended to support. | ||
| SECTION 5. The fees in effect on the effective date of this | ||
| Act continue in effect until they are modified by the Texas | ||
| Department of Motor Vehicles. | ||
| SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
