Bill Text: TX HB3836 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of a motor vehicle mileage fee program for certain motor vehicles by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles; authorizing a fee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-10 - Left pending in subcommittee [HB3836 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3836-Introduced.html
| By: Harper-Brown | H.B. No. 3836 | |
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| relating to the establishment of a motor vehicle mileage fee | ||
| program for certain motor vehicles by the Texas Department of Motor | ||
| Vehicles; authorizing a fee. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: | ||
| (1) "Department" means the Texas Department of Motor | ||
| Vehicles. | ||
| (2) "Electric motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle | ||
| that uses electricity as its only source of motor power. | ||
| (3) "Liquefied fuel motor vehicle" means a motor | ||
| vehicle that operates on one or any combination of the following: | ||
| (A) liquefied natural gas; | ||
| (B) butane; | ||
| (C) ethane; or | ||
| (D) propane. | ||
| SECTION 2. ELECTRIC MOTOR VEHICLE AND LIQUEFIED FUEL MOTOR | ||
| VEHICLE MILEAGE FEE PROGRAM. (a) The department by rule shall | ||
| establish and implement a statewide program to assess owners of | ||
| electric motor vehicles and liquefied fuel motor vehicles a vehicle | ||
| mileage fee that is based on the number of miles traveled on public | ||
| roads in this state by those motor vehicles. The program must | ||
| require all electric motor vehicles and liquefied fuel motor | ||
| vehicles registered in this state to be subject to the mileage fee. | ||
| (b) The department shall establish a method to determine | ||
| vehicle mileage. The method may include, but is not limited to: | ||
| (1) an odometer reading that will occur in a manner | ||
| specified by the department; or | ||
| (2) a device installed in the vehicle that | ||
| electronically reports the number of miles traveled. | ||
| (c) The department, in consultation with the Texas | ||
| Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, and | ||
| comptroller of public accounts, by rule shall: | ||
| (1) establish the administrative framework needed to | ||
| assess an electric motor vehicle and liquefied fuel motor vehicle | ||
| mileage fee; and | ||
| (2) set the amount of the electric motor vehicle and | ||
| liquefied fuel motor vehicle mileage fee on a per mile basis. In | ||
| determining the amount of the fee, the department shall consider | ||
| the average amount of gasoline tax paid for a gasoline-powered | ||
| motor vehicle of a comparable class. | ||
| (d) The department must establish the administrative | ||
| framework needed to implement a system for assessing a motor | ||
| vehicle mileage fee not later than January 1, 2014. The program must | ||
| begin not later than January 1, 2014. | ||
| SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 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, 2013. | ||
