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  H.B. No. 1573
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to authorizing an optional county fee on vehicle
  registration in certain counties.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 502.402(a) and (e), Transportation
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to:
               (1)  a county:
                     (A) [(1)]  that borders the United Mexican
  States;
                     (B) [(2)]  that has a population of more than
  300,000; and
                     (C) [(3)]  in which the largest municipality has a
  population of less than 300,000; and
               (2)  a county that has a population of more than 1.5
  million that is coterminous with a regional mobility authority.
         (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 regional mobility authority
  of 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.
         SECTION 2.  Section 502.402, Transportation Code, as amended
  by this Act, applies only to the fee for a registration period
  beginning on or after the effective date of this Act. A fee for a
  registration period beginning before the effective date of this Act
  is governed by the law in effect when the registration period began,
  and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1573 was passed by the House on May 8,
  2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 128, Nays 19, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 1573 on May 23, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 129, Nays 15,
  2 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1573 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 21, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 20, Nays
  11.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor