Bill Text: TX HB2381 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to an optional county fee for vehicle registration in Fort Bend County.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-10 - Referred to Transportation [HB2381 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2381-Introduced.html
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By: Reynolds | H.B. No. 2381 |
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relating to an optional county fee for vehicle registration in Fort | ||
Bend County. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. This Act is enacted under the authority of the | ||
legislature to pass local laws for the maintenance of public roads | ||
and highways under Section 9(e), Article VIII, Texas Constitution. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 502.1726 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 502.1726. OPTIONAL COUNTY FEE FOR TRANSPORTATION | ||
PROJECTS IN FORT BEND COUNTY. (a) The commissioners court of Fort | ||
Bend County, by order may impose an additional fee for registering a | ||
vehicle in the county as follows: | ||
(1) for a vehicle having a value of $10,000 or less, | ||
the additional fee is $10; and | ||
(2) for a vehicle having a value of more than $10,000, | ||
the additional fee shall be $10 plus an additional $1 for each | ||
$1,000 of value above $10,000. | ||
(b) For purposes of this section, the value of a vehicle | ||
shall be determined at the time of purchase. The value of the | ||
vehicle must be rounded to the nearest thousand dollar amount. The | ||
department shall adopt rules for implementing this section. | ||
(c) A vehicle that may be registered under this chapter | ||
without payment of a registration fee may be registered in the | ||
county imposing a fee under this section without payment of the | ||
additional fee. | ||
(d) A fee imposed under this section may take effect only on | ||
January 1 of a year. The county must adopt the order and notify the | ||
department not later than September 1 of the year preceding the year | ||
in which the fee takes effect. | ||
(e) A fee imposed under this section may be removed. The | ||
removal may take effect only on January 1 of a year. The county may | ||
remove the fee only by: | ||
(1) rescinding the order imposing the fee; and | ||
(2) notifying the department not later than September | ||
1 of the year preceding the year in which the removal takes effect. | ||
(f) The county assessor-collector of the county imposing a | ||
fee under this section shall collect the additional fee for a | ||
vehicle when other fees imposed under this chapter are collected. | ||
The county may use the fee revenue only to fund long-term | ||
transportation projects in the county. | ||
(g) The department shall collect the additional fee on a | ||
vehicle that is owned by a resident of the county imposing a fee | ||
under this section and that, under this chapter, must be registered | ||
directly with the department. The department shall send all fees | ||
collected for the county under this subsection to the county for use | ||
as provided by Subsection (f). | ||
(h) The department shall adopt rules and develop forms | ||
necessary to administer registration by mail for a vehicle being | ||
registered in the county imposing a fee under this 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, 2011. |