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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the exemption from vehicle registration for certain |
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farm vehicles owned by a farmers' cooperative society or marketing |
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association. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 502.146, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (c-1) and amending Subsections (e) and (h) to |
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read as follows: |
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(c-1) An exemption provided by this section applies to a |
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vehicle owned by a farmers' cooperative society incorporated under |
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Chapter 51, Agriculture Code, or a marketing association organized |
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under Chapter 52, Agriculture Code, and used by members of the |
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society or association for a fee if the vehicle otherwise meets the |
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requirements for the exemption. |
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(e) Except as provided by Subsection (c-1), this [This] |
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section does not apply to a farm trailer or farm semitrailer that: |
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(1) is used for hire; |
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(2) has metal tires operating in contact with the |
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highway; |
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(3) is not equipped with an adequate hitch pinned or |
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locked so that it will remain securely engaged to the towing vehicle |
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while in motion; or |
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(4) is not operated and equipped in compliance with |
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all other law. |
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(h) A specialty license plate may not be issued under |
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Subsection (a) to an owner of a vehicle described by Subsection |
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(b)(1) unless the vehicle's owner provides a registration number |
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issued by the comptroller under Section 151.1551, Tax Code, or the |
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vehicle is owned by a farmers' cooperative society incorporated |
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under Chapter 51, Agriculture Code, or a marketing association |
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organized under Chapter 52, Agriculture Code. The comptroller |
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shall allow access to the online system established under Section |
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151.1551(l), Tax Code, to verify a registration number provided |
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under this subsection. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |