Bill Text: TX HB1262 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the extended registration of certain vehicles not subject to inspection.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 15-5)

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-05 - Effective immediately [HB1262 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB1262-Introduced.html
  86R4188 AAF-D
 
  By: Bell of Kaufman H.B. No. 1262
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the extended registration of certain vehicles not
  subject to inspection.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 502, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 502.0024 to read as follows:
         Sec. 502.0024.  EXTENDED REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN VEHICLES
  NOT SUBJECT TO INSPECTION. (a) Notwithstanding Section
  502.044(c), the department shall develop and implement a system of
  registration to allow an owner of a vehicle described by Section
  548.052(3) other than a mobile home to register the vehicle for an
  extended registration period of not more than five years. The owner
  may select the number of years for registration under this section
  within that range and register the vehicle for that period. Payment
  for all applicable fees, including registration fees and the fee
  required by Section 548.510, for the entire registration period
  selected is due at the time of registration.
         (b)  The fee required by Section 548.510 shall be remitted to
  the comptroller for deposit in the Texas mobility fund, the general
  revenue fund, and the clean air account in amounts proportionate to
  the allocation prescribed by Subsection (b) of that section.
         SECTION 2.  Not later than February 1, 2020, the Texas
  Department of Motor Vehicles shall adopt the system required by
  Section 502.0024, Transportation Code, as added by this Act, and
  any rules necessary to implement that section.
         SECTION 3.  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, 2019.
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