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

Texas House Bill 1262 (Prior Session Legislation)

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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]

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	By: Bell of Kaufman, et al.	H.B. No. 1262
	(Senate Sponsor - Nichols)
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 2019;
	April 29, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
	Transportation; May 9, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable
	Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0;
	May 9, 2019, sent to printer.)
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	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1262	By: Nichols


	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 any optional fee imposed under
	Subchapter H and other 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.
	(c) The fees imposed under Subchapter H shall be collected
	and remitted as prescribed by that subchapter.
	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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