Tex. Transp. Code § 501.148 · Subchapter H. PENALTIES AND OTHER ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS
ALLOCATION OF FEES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The county assessor-collector may retain as commission for services provided under this subchapter half of each late fee.
(b) The county assessor-collector shall report and remit the balance of the fees collected to the department on Monday of each week as other fees are required to be reported and remitted. The department shall deposit the remitted fees in the state treasury to the credit of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund.
(c) Of each late fee collected from a person who does not hold a general distinguishing number by the department under Subsection (b), $10 may be used only to fund a statewide public awareness campaign designed to inform and educate the public about the provisions of this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Transferred, redesignated and amended from Transportation Code, Section 520.033 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357), Sec. 62, eff. January 1, 2012.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1287 (H.B. 2202), Sec. 12, eff. September 1, 2013.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.501.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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