Bill Text: TX HB78 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the authorization by referendum of an optional county fee on vehicle registration in certain counties.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-3)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-15 - Referred to Transportation [HB78 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB78-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the authorization by referendum of an optional county fee on vehicle registration in certain counties.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-3)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-15 - Referred to Transportation [HB78 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB78-Introduced.html
88R1518 AMF-F | ||
By: Ortega | H.B. No. 78 |
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relating to the authorization by referendum of an optional county | ||
fee on vehicle registration in certain counties. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 502.4021 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 502.4021. OPTIONAL COUNTY FEE FOR TRANSPORTATION | ||
PROJECTS APPROVED BY METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION. (a) This | ||
section applies only to a county that borders the United Mexican | ||
States and contains a municipality that unilaterally created a | ||
regional mobility authority. | ||
(b) The commissioners court of a county by order may impose, | ||
in addition to any fee imposed under Section 502.402 or another | ||
provision of this chapter, a fee of not more than $10 for a vehicle | ||
registered in the county if approved by a majority of the qualified | ||
voters of the county voting at an election, which the commissioners | ||
court may order and hold for that purpose. | ||
(c) A vehicle that may be registered under this chapter | ||
without payment of a registration fee may be registered under this | ||
section without payment of the additional fee. | ||
(d) A fee imposed under this section may take effect and be | ||
removed in accordance with the requirements of Section 502.401. | ||
(e) The additional fee shall be collected for a vehicle when | ||
other fees imposed under this chapter are collected. | ||
(f) The fee revenue collected shall be sent to a regional | ||
mobility authority located in the county to fund long-term | ||
transportation projects in the county that are: | ||
(1) consistent with the purposes specified by Section | ||
7-a, Article VIII, Texas Constitution; and | ||
(2) included in a plan approved by the metropolitan | ||
planning organization that serves the county. | ||
(g) The department shall adopt rules necessary to | ||
administer registration for a vehicle being registered in a county | ||
imposing a fee under this section. | ||
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, 2023. |