Tex. Transp. Code § 502.0025 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
EXTENDED REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN COUNTY FLEET VEHICLES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section, "exempt county fleet" means a group of two or more nonapportioned motor vehicles, semitrailers, or trailers described by Section 502.453(a) that is owned by and used exclusively in the service of a county with a population of 3.3 million or more.
(b) Notwithstanding the annual registration requirements of Sections 502.044(c) and 502.453(a), the department shall develop and implement a system of registration to allow an owner of an exempt county fleet to register vehicles in the fleet for an extended registration period of not less than one year or more than eight years.
(c) A system of extended registration under this section must allow the owner of an exempt county fleet to:
(1) select the number of years for registration under this section;
(2) register the entire fleet in the county of the owner's principal place of business;
(3) register the motor vehicles in the fleet that are operated most regularly in the same county; or
(4) register the entire fleet directly with the department.
(d) A motor vehicle, semitrailer, or trailer registered under this section is subject to any applicable inspection requirements of Chapter 548 as if the vehicle, semitrailer, or trailer were registered without an extended registration period.
(e) The department shall adopt rules to implement this section, including rules:
(1) regarding the suspension of an exempt county fleet's registration under this section if the owner of the exempt county fleet fails to comply with this section or rules adopted under this section; and
(2) establishing a method to enforce applicable inspection requirements of Chapter 548 for motor vehicles, semitrailers, and trailers registered under this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 56 (S.B. 1064), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 851 (H.B. 3297), Sec. 5, eff. January 1, 2025.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.502.htm
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Transportation Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 502.044REGISTRATION PERIOD.Printed as Sections 502.044(c) and 502.453(a)
- Tex. Transp. Code § 502.453GOVERNMENT-OWNED VEHICLES; PUBLIC SCHOOL BUSES; FIRE-FIGHTING VEHICLES; COUNTY MARINE LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES; U.S. COAST GUARD AUXILIARY VEHICLES.Printed as Section 502.453(a) | Sections 502.044(c) and 502.453(a)
- Tex. Transp. Code ch. 548INSPECTION OF VEHICLESPrinted as Chapter 548
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