Sec. 502.401.  OPTIONAL COUNTY FEE FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND.  (a)  The commissioners court of a county by order may impose an additional fee, not to exceed $10, for registering a vehicle in the county.
(b)  A vehicle that may be registered under this chapter without payment of a registration fee may be registered in a county imposing a fee under this section without payment of the additional fee.
(c)  A fee imposed under this section may take effect only on January 1 of a year.  The county must adopt the order and notify the department not later than September 1 of the year preceding the year in which the fee takes effect.
(d)  A fee imposed under this section may be removed.  The removal may take effect only on January 1 of a year.  A county may remove the fee only by:
(1)  rescinding the order imposing the fee; and
(2)  notifying the department not later than September 1 of the year preceding the year in which the removal takes effect.
(e)  The county assessor-collector of a county imposing a fee under this section shall collect the additional fee for a vehicle when other fees imposed under this chapter are collected.
(f)  The department shall collect the additional fee on a vehicle that is owned by a resident of a county imposing a fee under this section that must be registered directly with the department.  The department shall send all fees collected for a county under this subsection to the county treasurer to be credited to the county road and bridge fund.
(g)  The department shall adopt rules necessary to administer registration for a vehicle being registered in a county imposing a fee under this section.
Transferred, redesignated and amended from Transportation Code, Section 502.172 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357), Sec. 135, eff. January 1, 2012.