Bill
HB 2701
84(R) - 2015
House Transportation
House Transportation
Transportation & Infrastructure
Vote Recommendation
Neutral
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Neutral
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Neutral
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Neutral
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Neutral
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Neutral
Author(s)
Joe Pickett
Bill Caption
Relating to the regulation of motor vehicles by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles; creating a criminal offense; providing a penalty; authorizing fees.
Fiscal Notes
Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB2701, Committee
Report 1st House, Substituted: a negative impact of ($250,969,691) through the biennium ending
August 31, 2017.
Bill Analysis
This legislation would do the following:
- Change the $10 registration fee for commercial fleet
vehicles from annual to a one-time fee.
- Change the annual $15
registration fee for certain semitrailers to a one-time fee of $105.
- Amend the Transportation Code to provide for the titling
and registration of an autocycle, and treat it as a
motorcycle for the purpose of vehicle titling and registration.
- Authorize the issuance of annual ready-mixed
concrete truck permits to volumetric ready-mixed concrete trucks for operation on public
roadways under certain conditions.
- Authorize the DMV to issue permits on behalf of overweight corridors and authorize DMV to
charge a fee to cover the cost of issuance.
- Authorize the DMV to issue a 24-hour permit for
the operation of certain vehicles with excess axle or gross weight with a fee of $50.
- Authorize a motor carrier whose registration has been suspended or revoked to
apply for a re-registration from the DMV by paying a fee of $10 for each vehicle requiring re-registration.
This bill would also re-enact the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) Fund created by
Section 1001.151, Transportation Code,and all revenue dedicated for deposit to the credit of that
fund. The fund would be established as a special fund in the state treasury
outside the General Revenue Fund.
Vote Recommendation Notes
We remain neutral on this bill. While most of this legislation consists of clerical modifications and some beneficial changes such as creating one-time fees in lieu of annual fees, we oppose the re-engagement of the TxDMV fund as a special fund that is outside the treasury. Balancing these things against one another, we remain neutral.