Bill Text: TX SB1076 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to imposing an additional fee for the registration of an alternatively fueled vehicle.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-03 - Left pending in committee [SB1076 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1076-Introduced.html
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| By: Watson | S.B. No. 1076 | |
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| relating to imposing an additional fee for the registration of an | ||
| alternatively fueled vehicle. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 502.198(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) Except as provided by Sections 502.058, 502.060, | ||
| 502.1911, 502.192, 502.356, [ |
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| Subchapter H, this section applies to all fees collected by a county | ||
| assessor-collector under this chapter. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter G, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 502.360 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 502.360. ADDITIONAL FEE FOR ALTERNATIVELY FUELED | ||
| VEHICLES. (a) In this section, "alternatively fueled vehicle" has | ||
| the meaning assigned by Section 502.004. | ||
| (b) In addition to other fees authorized under this chapter, | ||
| at the time of application for registration or renewal of | ||
| registration of an alternatively fueled vehicle, the applicant | ||
| shall pay an additional fee as determined by the department under | ||
| Subsection (c). | ||
| (c) The department shall, for each class of vehicle | ||
| registered under this chapter: | ||
| (1) develop a methodology for determining the fee | ||
| under Subsection (b) that calculates the fee based on the average | ||
| annual amount of taxes imposed under Chapter 162, Tax Code, that an | ||
| alternatively fueled vehicle of that class of vehicle would pay if | ||
| the vehicle operated only on gasoline or diesel fuel; and | ||
| (2) set the fee in an amount of not less than 75 | ||
| percent and not more than 85 percent of the amount calculated under | ||
| Subdivision (1). | ||
| (d) The department shall review and update each fee | ||
| calculated under Subsection (c) at least once every five years. | ||
| (e) An alternatively fueled vehicle that may be registered | ||
| under this chapter without payment of a registration fee may be | ||
| registered without payment of the additional fee. | ||
| (f) The additional fee shall be collected for an | ||
| alternatively fueled vehicle when other fees imposed under this | ||
| chapter are collected. | ||
| (g) Fees collected under this section shall be deposited to | ||
| the credit of the state highway fund. | ||
| (h) The board shall adopt rules necessary to administer | ||
| registration for an alternatively fueled vehicle under this | ||
| section. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
