Bill Text: TX HB75 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the exemption from vehicle registration for certain farm vehicles owned by a farmers' cooperative society or marketing association.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-28 - Effective immediately [HB75 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB75-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 75 | ||
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| relating to the exemption from vehicle registration for certain | ||
| farm vehicles owned by a farmers' cooperative society or marketing | ||
| association. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 502.146, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (c-1) and amending Subsections (e) and (h) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (c-1) An exemption provided by this section applies to a | ||
| vehicle owned by a farmers' cooperative society incorporated under | ||
| Chapter 51, Agriculture Code, or a marketing association organized | ||
| under Chapter 52, Agriculture Code, and used by members of the | ||
| society or association for a fee if the vehicle otherwise meets the | ||
| requirements for the exemption. | ||
| (e) Except as provided by Subsection (c-1), this [ |
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| section does not apply to a farm trailer or farm semitrailer that: | ||
| (1) is used for hire; | ||
| (2) has metal tires operating in contact with the | ||
| highway; | ||
| (3) is not equipped with an adequate hitch pinned or | ||
| locked so that it will remain securely engaged to the towing vehicle | ||
| while in motion; or | ||
| (4) is not operated and equipped in compliance with | ||
| all other law. | ||
| (h) A specialty license plate may not be issued under | ||
| Subsection (a) to an owner of a vehicle described by Subsection | ||
| (b)(1) unless the vehicle's owner provides a registration number | ||
| issued by the comptroller under Section 151.1551, Tax Code, or the | ||
| vehicle is owned by a farmers' cooperative society incorporated | ||
| under Chapter 51, Agriculture Code, or a marketing association | ||
| organized under Chapter 52, Agriculture Code. The comptroller | ||
| shall allow access to the online system established under Section | ||
| 151.1551(l), Tax Code, to verify a registration number provided | ||
| under this subsection. | ||
| 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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 75 was passed by the House on April 9, | ||
| 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 1, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 75 was passed by the Senate on May 14, | ||
| 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
