Texas Transportation Code
§ 502.0023 — EXTENDED REGISTRATION OF COMMERCIAL FLEET VEHICLES
TN § 502.0023Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Part A. CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES · Ch. 502. REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)Notwithstanding Section 502.044(c), the department shall develop and implement a system of registration to allow an owner of a commercial fleet to register the motor vehicles, semitrailers, and trailers in the commercial fleet for an extended registration period of not less than one year or more than eight years. The owner may select the number of years for registration under this section within that range and register the commercial fleet for that period. Payment for all registration fees for the entire registration period selected is due at the time of registration.
(b)A system of extended registration under this section must allow the owner of a commercial fleet to register an entire commercial fleet in the county of the owner's residence or principal place of business or in any county in which the county assessor-collector is willing to accept the registration.
(c)In addition to the registration fees prescribed by this chapter, an owner registering a commercial fleet under this section shall pay:
(1)a one-time fee of $10 per motor vehicle, semitrailer, or trailer in the fleet; and
(2)except as provided by Subsection (e), a one-time license plate manufacturing fee of $1.50 for each fleet motor vehicle, semitrailer, or trailer license plate. (c-1) A fee collected under Subsection (c) shall be deposited to the credit of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund.
(d)A license plate issued under this section:
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Legislative history
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357), Sec. 74, eff. January 1, 2012. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357), Sec. 75, eff. January 1, 2012. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 252 (H.B. 511), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1291 (H.B. 2305), Sec. 11, eff. March 1, 2015. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 968 (S.B. 2075), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 592 (S.B. 876), Sec. 4, eff. March 1, 2022.