Bill Text: TX HB376 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to a deer breeding facility affected by chronic wasting disease.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-23 - Left pending in committee [HB376 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB376-Introduced.html
  86R3083 AAF-F
 
  By: Pickett H.B. No. 376
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the registration of certain trailers; changing a fee.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 502.0023(d-1), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (d-1)  The department shall issue a license plate for a token
  trailer registered under this section in the manner provided by
  Section 502.255 [that does not expire.   The alphanumeric pattern
  for a license plate issued under this subsection may remain on a
  token trailer for as long as the registration of the token trailer
  is renewed or until the token trailer is removed from service or
  sold.   The registration receipt required under Section 621.002 is
  not required for a vehicle that displays a license plate issued
  under this subsection].
         SECTION 2.  The heading to Section 502.255, Transportation
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 502.255.  TRUCK-TRACTOR OR COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE
  COMBINATION FEE; PERMANENT SEMITRAILER TOKEN FEE.
         SECTION 3.  Sections 502.255(c), (i), and (j),
  Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (c)  The fee for registration of a semitrailer used in the
  manner described by Subsection (a), regardless of the date the
  semitrailer is registered, is $15 for a registration year or $80 if
  the semitrailer is registered with a permanent license plate issued
  under Subsection (i).
         (i)  The department shall issue a license plate for a token
  trailer registered under this section that does not expire or
  require an annual registration insignia to be valid.  The license
  plate must include the word "Permanent." A [alphanumeric pattern
  for a] license plate issued under this subsection may remain on a
  token trailer [for as long as the registration of the token trailer
  is renewed or] until the token trailer is removed from service or
  sold, provided that the license plate must be removed if the
  department cancels, suspends, or revokes the registration for the
  token trailer as provided by law or department rule.  The
  registration receipt required under Section 621.002 is not required
  for a vehicle that displays a license plate issued under this
  subsection.
         (j)  A person may register a semitrailer under this section
  if the person:
               (1)  applies to the department for registration;
               (2)  provides proof of the person's eligibility to
  register the vehicle under this subsection as required by the
  department; and
               (3)  pays the applicable [a] fee required by Subsection
  (c) [of $15], plus any other applicable fee under this chapter for
  each year the semitrailer is registered or at each registration if
  the semitrailer is registered under Subsection (i) [Section
  502.401, for each year included in the registration period].
         SECTION 4.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  in connection with the registration of a vehicle that is applied for
  on or after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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