Bill Text: TX HB441 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the fees for certain commercial vehicles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB441 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB441-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 441 |
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relating to the fees for certain commercial vehicles. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 502.167(c), Transportation Code, as | ||
effective September 1, 2011, is amended to read as follows: | ||
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semitrailer used in the manner described by Subsection (a), | ||
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SECTION 2. Section 623.011(b), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) To qualify for a permit under this section: | ||
(1) the vehicle must be registered under Chapter 502 | ||
for the maximum gross weight applicable to the vehicle under | ||
Section 621.101, not to exceed 80,000 pounds; | ||
(2) the security requirement of Section 623.012 must | ||
be satisfied; and | ||
(3) a base permit fee of $90 [ |
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required by Section 623.0111, and any additional fee set by the | ||
department under Section 623.0112 must be paid. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 621.353(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The comptroller shall send $50 of each base fee | ||
collected under Section 623.011 for an excess weight permit to the | ||
counties of the state, with each county receiving an amount | ||
determined according to the ratio of the total number of miles of | ||
county roads maintained by the county to the total number of miles | ||
of county roads maintained by all of the counties of this state. | ||
The comptroller shall deposit $40 [ |
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fee collected under Section 623.0112, to the credit of the state | ||
highway fund. Money deposited to the credit of that fund under this | ||
subsection may be appropriated only to the department to administer | ||
this section and Sections 623.011, 623.0111, and 623.0112. | ||
SECTION 4. (a) The changes in law made by this Act apply | ||
only to fees charged for a vehicle registration or permit issued on | ||
or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) A vehicle registration or permit issued before the | ||
effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect when the | ||
registration or permit was issued, and the former law is continued | ||
in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
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President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 441 was passed by the House on April | ||
7, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 3, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 441 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
21, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |