Texas § TN.502.401 - OPTIONAL COUNTY FEE FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND
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§ TN.502.401. OPTIONAL COUNTY FEE FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND
OPTIONAL COUNTY FEE FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND. (a) The commissioners court of a county by order may impose an additional fee, not to exceed $10, for registering a vehicle in the county. (b) 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. (c) A fee imposed under this section may take effect only on January 1 of a year. The county must adopt the order and notify the department not later than September 1 of the year preceding the year in which the fee takes effect. (d) A fee imposed under this section may be removed. The removal may take effect only on January 1 of a year. A county may remove the fee only by: (1) rescinding the order imposing the fee; and (2) notifying the department not later than September 1 of the year preceding the year in which the removal takes effect. (e) The county assessor-collector of a county imposing a fee under this section shall collect the additional fee for a vehicle when other fees imposed under this chapter are collected. (f) The department shall collect the additional fee on a vehicle that is owned by a resident of a county imposing a fee under this section that must be registered directly with the department. The department shall send all fees collected for a county under this subsection to the county treasurer to be credited to the county road and bridge fund. (g) The department shall adopt rules necessary to administer registration for a vehicle being registered in a county imposing a fee under this section. Transferred, redesignated and amended from Transportation Code, Section 502.172 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357 ), Sec. 135, eff. January 1, 2012.
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