Bill Text: TX SB1216 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to imposing an additional fee for the registration of an alternatively fueled vehicle.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-03 - Left pending in committee [SB1216 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB1216-Introduced.html

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86R12824 AAF-D
By: Schwertner S.B. No. 1216

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to imposing an additional fee for the registration of an
alternatively fueled vehicle.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 502.198(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Sections 502.058, 502.060,
502.1911, 502.192, 502.356, [and] 502.357, and 502.360 and
Subchapter H, this section applies to all fees collected by a county
assessor-collector under this chapter.
SECTION 2. Subchapter G, Chapter 502, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 502.360 to read as follows:
Sec. 502.360. ADDITIONAL FEE FOR ALTERNATIVELY FUELED
VEHICLES. (a) In this section, "alternatively fueled vehicle" has
the meaning assigned by Section 502.004.
(b) In addition to other fees authorized under this chapter,
at the time of application for registration or renewal of
registration of an alternatively fueled vehicle, the applicant
shall pay an additional fee in an amount equal to the product of:
(1) the number of miles driven by the alternatively
fueled vehicle in the preceding year; and
(2) the amount calculated under Subsection (c) for
that class of vehicle.
(c) The department shall, for each class of vehicle
registered under this chapter, calculate the average amount of
taxes imposed under Chapter 162, Tax Code, that a vehicle operating
only on gasoline or diesel fuel pays for each mile driven.
(d) Fees collected under this section shall be deposited to
the credit of the state highway fund.
(e) The board shall adopt rules necessary to administer
registration for an alternatively fueled vehicle under this
section.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.