83R4559 VOO-D
 
  By: Raymond H.B. No. 1198
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to authorizing an optional county fee for 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 502.4011 to read as follows:
         Sec. 502.4011.  OPTIONAL COUNTY FEE FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND
  IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a)  This section applies only to a county
  that:
               (1)  is located on an international border; and
               (2)  has a population of more than 60,000 and less than
  300,000.
         (b)  The commissioners court of a county by order may impose
  an additional fee, not to exceed $10, for registering a vehicle in
  the county.
         (c)  A vehicle that may be registered under this chapter
  without payment of a registration fee may be registered in a county
  imposing a fee 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.  The fee
  revenue collected shall be sent to the county treasurer to be
  credited to the county road and bridge fund.
         (f)  A fee imposed under this section may be collected in
  addition to a fee collected under Section 502.401.
         (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, 2013.