87R2942 JAM-F     By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 781       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to an optional county fee on vehicle registration in   certain counties to be used for transportation projects.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 502.402(a) and (e), Transportation   Code, are amended to read as follows:          (a)  This section applies only to:                (1)  a county that:                      (A)  borders the United Mexican States; and                      (B)  has a population of more than 250,000; [and]                (2)  a county that has a population of more than 1.5   million that is coterminous with a regional mobility authority; and                (3)  a county:                      (A)  that has a population of more than 320,000;                      (B)  that does not border the United Mexican   States; and                      (C)  in which a port authority is authorized to   issue permits for oversize or overweight vehicles under Chapter   623.          (e)  The additional fee shall be collected for a vehicle when   other fees imposed under this chapter are collected. The fee   revenue collected shall be:                (1)  sent to a regional mobility authority located in   the county to fund long-term transportation projects in the county   that are consistent with the purposes specified by Section 7-a,   Article VIII, Texas Constitution; or                (2)  if there is no regional mobility authority located   in the county, used by the county only to fund long-term   transportation projects in the county that are consistent with the   purposes specified by Section 7-a, Article VIII, Texas   Constitution.          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, 2021.