85R8239 JXC-F     By: Thompson of Harris, Morrison H.B. No. 1959       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a study by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles of   alternative registration technologies for commercial motor   vehicles.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 1003, Transportation Code, is amended by   adding Section 1003.006 to read as follows:          Sec. 1003.006.  STUDY ON REGISTRATION OF COMMERCIAL MOTOR   VEHICLES. (a) The department shall:                (1)  conduct a study that:                      (A)  identifies and assesses alternative   technologies for registering commercial motor vehicles to replace   license plates, permits, and other existing documentation and   registration methods currently in use in this state; and                      (B)  evaluates the safety and suitability for use   on roadways of the technologies identified under Paragraph (A); and                (2)  submit a report on the results of the study to the   governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of   representatives, and the chair of the standing committee of each   house of the legislature with primary jurisdiction over   transportation issues not later than December 21, 2018.          (b)  The department may collaborate with another state   agency or a research division of an institution of higher education   in this state to conduct the study.          (c)  This section expires January 1, 2019.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2017.