85R13067 JXC-D     By: Pickett H.B. No. 2954       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the authority of a county to end a low-income vehicle   repair assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement   program in the county.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 382.209, Health and Safety Code, is   amended by adding Subsections (k), (l), and (m) to read as follows:          (k)  The commissioners court of a participating county may   adopt a resolution to end the low-income vehicle repair assistance,   retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement program in the county.   The commissioners court shall submit the resolution to the   commission and to the county tax assessor-collector. The   resolution must include a date on which a fee may not be imposed   under Section 382.202 or 382.302 for the purposes of the county's   low-income vehicle repair assistance, retrofit, and accelerated   vehicle retirement program on vehicles being inspected or   registered in the county. The date must be:                 (1)  the first day of a month; and                (2)  at least 30 days after the date the resolution is   submitted to the commission.          (l)  On receipt of a resolution under Subsection (k), the   commission shall notify, in writing, the Texas Department of Motor   Vehicles, the Department of Public Safety, and the Legislative   Budget Board that a fee may not be imposed under Section 382.202 or   382.302 for the purposes of the county's low-income vehicle repair   assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement program   on vehicles being inspected or registered in the county after the   date established under Subsection (k).          (m)  To the extent practicable, the commission shall   distribute to the county money collected in the county before the   date established under Subsection (k) from a fee authorized under   Section 382.202 or 382.302 for the purposes of the county's   low-income vehicle repair assistance, retrofit, and accelerated   vehicle retirement program. The county may use money distributed to   the county under this subsection for remaining expenses of the   program or for any other purpose.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.