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Subject: Inspection Safety Fee
Bill: HB 3666
Description: Authorizes a $15 public safety fee for the compulsory inspection of motor vehicles.
Intro Date: 4.25.13

Subject: Registration Fee
Bill: SB 1790
Description: Registration fee is increased by $50 to support transporation projects.
Intro Date: 3.8.13

Subject: Recreational Vehicle Registration Fees
Bill: HB 3638
Description: Registration fees for recreational vehicles go from $45 for less than 6k lbs, varied for 6-18k lbs. and $205 for above 18,000 lbs.
Intro Date: 3.8.13

Subject: Inspection Period
Bill: HB 3489
Description: Changes the inspection period from 1 year to 5 years.
Intro Date: 3.8.13

Subject: Used and Scrap Tires
Bill: HB 3783
Description: Need a permit to store more than 500 used or scrap tires. 
Intro Date: 3.8.13

Subject: County Air Quality Fee
Bill: HB 3812 and SB 1791
Description: A county that has incidents approaching or exceeding the 8 hour national ambient air quality standard for ozone may adopt a county air quality fee.
Intro Date: 3.8.13

Subject: Registration Fee
Bill: HB 3040
Description: Same $50 fee as HB 2316 (Adds an addional $50 registration fee when registering a vehicle).  Has the same sponsor. Larger bill.
Intro Date: 3.7.13

Subject: Additional Vehicle Registration Fees
Bill: HB 3126 and SB 1318
Description: Commissioners court of a county may impose an additonal registration fee of up to $10 in a county with a population over 700k and $20 for any other county. Senate bill only states up to $20 for anywhere.
Intro Date: 3.7.13

Subject: Autonomous Vehicles
Bill: HB 2932
Description: Sets out provisions for the operation and use of autonomous motor vehicles.
Intro Date: 3.7.13

Subject: Off Road Vehicle Access and Use
Bill: SB 1287
Description: Off road vehicles are allowed to drive on the beach as long as vehicles are allowed and the operator has a license.
Intro Date: 3.7.13

Subject: Taxing and Titling of Off-Road Vehicles
Bill: HB 2779
Description: Off-road vehicles are included in the definition of motor vehicle now. Use tax can be imposed if vehicle was bought outside the state but used in the state. The vehicles need a title before they can be used.
Intro Date: 3.7.13

Subject: Taxes and Fees
Bill: HB 3157
Description: Increases the rates of the gasoline and diesel fuel taxes, authorizes the increase or decrease of those rates in subsequent years, and increases motor vehicle registration fees
Intro Date: 3.7.13

Subject: Energy Efficient Vehicle Incentives
Bill: HB 3110
Description: Authorizes statewide incentives for the purchase or lease of new light-duty motor vehicles powered by compressed natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, or electric drives.
Intro Date: 3.7.13

Subject: Unsafe Tires
Bill: HB 2486
Description: Prohibits the sale of unsafe tires.
Intro Date: 3.5.13

Subject: Warning Device Noises
Bill: HB 2691
Description: A warning device, including a horn, may not emit a sound that exceeds an objective loudness standard prescribed by the department, measured in decibels or another appropriate measure or that is an unreasonably harsh sound or a whistle.
Intro Date: 3.6.13

Subject: License Plate Flipper Device
Bill: HB 2346
Description: Makes it illegal to use, sell, or buy a license plate flipper device. Class B misdemeanor.
Intro Date: 3.5.13

Subject: Auto Club Memberships
Bill: HB 2462
Description: A retail seller can offer the buyer at the time a retail installment contract is executed an automobile club membership.
Intro Date: 3.5.13

Subject: ATV Use
Bill: HB 2386
Description: ATV's can only be operated on highways when the driver has a license.
Intro Date: 3.5.13

Subject: Registration Fees
Bill: HB 2316
Description: Adds an addional $50 registration fee when registering a vehicle.  Money is added to the credit of the Texas Mobility Fund.
Intro Date: 3.4.13

Subject: Salvage and Nonrepairable Vehicles
Bill: HB 2281
Description: Relates to the titling of non-repairable, salvage, and abandoned motor vehicles and the regulation of dealers of those vehicles or parts from those vehicles; provides penalties.
Intro Date: 3.4.13

Subject: Inspection Fees
Bill: HB 2144
Description: Raises inspection fees by a dollar.
Intro Date: 3.1.13

Subject: Inspections
Bill: SB 888
Description: Changes initial inspection period for new cars from 2 to 5 years.
Intro Date: 2.27.13

Subject: Scrap Tires
Bill: HB 1584
Description: Sets rules and regulations for the sale, storage, transportation, and disposal of scrap or used tires
Intro Date: 2/20/13

Subject: Gas Guzzler
Bill: HB 1309
Description: Imposes a vehicle miles travel fee using an annual odometer inspection and taxing each mile traveled; the amount of tax on each mile traveled varies by vehicle type such that vehicles weighing 10,000 lbs or less are taxed at a rate of 1 cent per mile, vehicles weighing more than 10,000 lbs at 1.25 cents per mile, and electric vehicles at .75 cents per mile MINUS the amount the tax payer pays in motor fuel taxes (motor fuels tax credit); motor fuels tax credit is determined using miles traveled and fuel economy of the relevant vehicle such that as fuel economy goes up, the tax credit will be larger and the VMT tax lower; specifies that if the tax computation comes out to less than a certain amount, the tax payer owes no taxes for that tax period; tax period runs for period concurrent with compulsory inspection period, which is annually unless the vehicle is new, in which case its initial compulsory inspection is good for 2 years
Intro Date: 2/14/13

Subject: Diesel Fuel Credits
Bill: HB 1288
Description: Provides a credit  or refund for diesel fuel taxes paid on diesel fuel used in this state by auxiliary power units or power take-off equipment
Intro Date: 2/13/13

Subject: Off Highway Vehicles
Bills: HB 1170 and SB 487
Description: Alters the definition of off highway vehicles and ATV's.  Not more than 50 inches wide for an ATV and 65 for a recreational off highway vehicle.
Intro Date: 2/11/13

Subject: Tire Regulations
Bill: SB 459
Description: Sets rules and regulations for the sale, storage, transportation, and disposal of scrap or used tires
Intro Date: 2/8/13

Subject: Single License Plate Bills
Bills: HB 557 and HB 657
Description: Cars will only be issued and need one back license plate.
Intro Date: 1/16/13 and 1/23/13

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