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Amend CSHB 1892 by adding the following appropriately
numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS
of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subtitle G, Title 6, Transportation Code, is
amended by adding Chapter 371 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 371. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MORE THAN
ONE TYPE OF TOLL PROJECT
Sec. 371.001. VEHICLES DISPLAYING "HYBRID VEHICLE"
INSIGNIA. (a) In this section "toll project" means a toll project
described by Section 201.001(b), regardless of whether the toll
project is:
(1) a part of the state highway system;
(2) subject to the jurisdiction of the department; or
(3) constructed or operated by the department or
another entity authorized to construct or operate a toll project.
(b) A motor vehicle displaying the "hybrid vehicle"
insignia authorized by Section 502.1861 in an easily readable
location on the back of the vehicle may use a high occupancy vehicle
lane located on a toll project regardless of the number of occupants
in the vehicle unless the use would impair the receipt of federal
transit funds.
SECTION ____. Subchapter D, Chapter 502, Transportation
Code, is amended by adding Section 502.1861 to read as follows:
Sec. 502.1861. "HYBRID VEHICLE" INSIGNIA FOR CERTAIN MOTOR
VEHICLES. (a) At the time of registration or reregistration of the
motor vehicle, the department shall issue a specially designed
"hybrid vehicle" insignia for a motor vehicle that draws propulsion
energy from both gasoline or conventional diesel fuel and from a
rechargeable energy storage system.
(b) The department shall issue a "hybrid vehicle" insignia
under this section without the payment of any additional fee to a
person who:
(1) applies to the department on a form provided by the
department; and
(2) submits proof that the motor vehicle being
registered is a vehicle described by Subsection (a).