Bill Text: TX HB2769 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the authorization by referendum on an optional county fee on vehicle registration in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-29 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB2769 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2769-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Ortega, Moody, Blanco, Fierro, | H.B. No. 2769 | ||
| González of El Paso | |||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2769: | |||
| By: Bernal | C.S.H.B. No. 2769 | ||
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| relating to the authorization by referendum on 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 REGIONAL MOBILITY | ||
| AUTHORITY TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS APPROVED BY METROPOLITAN | ||
| PLANNING ORGANIZATION. (a) This section applies only to a county | ||
| that borders the United Mexican States and has a population of more | ||
| than 800,000. | ||
| (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 in the county, 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, 2019. | ||
