Tex. Transp. Code § 643.004 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
PAYMENT OF FEES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department may adopt rules on the method of payment of a fee under this chapter, including:
(1) authorizing the use of:
(A) escrow accounts described by Subsection (b); and
(B) electronic funds transfer or a credit card issued by a financial institution chartered by a state or the United States or by a nationally recognized credit organization approved by the department; and
(2) requiring the payment of a discount or service charge for a credit card payment in addition to the fee.
(b) The department may establish one or more escrow accounts in the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund for the prepayment of a fee under this chapter. Prepaid fees and any fees established by the department for the administration of this section shall be:
(1) administered under an agreement approved by the department; and
(2) deposited to the credit of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund to be appropriated only to the department for the purposes of administering this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.150(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 17.11(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1287 (H.B. 2202), Sec. 62, 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.643.htm
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