Bill Text: TX HB333 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to an optional county fee on vehicle registration to be used by a regional mobility authority.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-04-29 - Referred to Transportation [HB333 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB333-Engrossed.html
By: Nevárez | H.B. No. 333 |
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relating to an optional county fee on vehicle registration to be | ||
used by a regional mobility authority. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 502.402(a), (b-1), and (e), | ||
Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) This section applies only to: | ||
(1) a county that: | ||
(A) borders the United Mexican States; and | ||
(B) has a population of more than 250,000; [ |
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(2) a county that has a population of more than 1.5 | ||
million that is coterminous with a regional mobility authority; | ||
(3) a county that: | ||
(A) is part of a regional mobility authority that | ||
includes at least one other county; and | ||
(B) borders the United Mexican States; and | ||
(4) a county: | ||
(A) that has a population of more than 320,000; | ||
(B) that does not border the United Mexican | ||
States; and | ||
(C) in which a port authority is authorized to | ||
issue permits for oversize or overweight vehicles under Chapter | ||
623. | ||
(b-1) The commissioners court of a county described by | ||
Subsection (a)(1) [ |
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increase the additional fee to an amount that does not exceed $20 if | ||
approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the county voting | ||
on the issue at a referendum election, which the commissioners | ||
court may order and hold for that purpose. | ||
(e) The additional fee shall be collected for a vehicle when | ||
other fees imposed under this chapter are collected. The fee | ||
revenue collected shall be: | ||
(1) sent to a regional mobility authority located in | ||
the county to fund long-term transportation projects in the county | ||
that are consistent with the purposes specified by Section 7-a, | ||
Article VIII, Texas Constitution; or | ||
(2) if there is no regional mobility authority located | ||
in the county, used by the county only to fund long-term | ||
transportation projects in the county that are consistent with the | ||
purposes specified by Section 7-a, Article VIII, Texas | ||
Constitution. | ||
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. |