TITLE: Relating to the fee for a permit authorizing the movement of certain vehicles transporting an intermodal shipping container.

SUMMARY: Relating to the fee for a permit authorizing the movement of certain vehicles transporting an intermodal shipping container.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the fee for a permit authorizing the movement of certain vehicles transporting an intermodal shipping container. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 623.404(a), Transportation Code, as added by Chapter 108 (S.B. 1524), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, is amended to read as follows: (a) An application for a permit under Section 623.402(a) or (b) must be accompanied by a permit fee of $6,000, of which: (1) 32 [50] percent shall be deposited to the credit of the state highway fund; (2) 33 [30] percent shall be equally divided among and distributed to each county designated in the permit application; (3) 33 [16] percent shall be equally divided among and distributed to each municipality designated in the permit application; and (4) 2 [4] percent shall be deposited to the credit of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to a permit issued on or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.