Vehicle Registration Fee
Create legislation that amends the Transportation Code to insure that a County does not have the option to terminate the collection of a child safety program fee under the county vehicle registration fee and that a municipality be allowed to collect, within a reasonable time period, from a County, the fees collected from the county vehicle registration fee for child safety.
Thomas Ochoa
Municipal Court Clerk
4610 Maher Avenue
Laredo, Texas 78041
Phone: (956) 794-1680
Fax: (956) 717-3407
At this time, a county may impose an additional fee of not more than $1.50 for a child safety program when registering a vehicle in the county. The county imposing a fee may deduct for administrative costs, an amount of not more than 10 percent of the revenue it receives from the fee. The county may also deduct from the fee revenue an amount proportional to the percentage of county residents who live in the unincorporated areas of the county. After making the deductions provided for a county, the county sends the remainder of the fee revenue to the municipalities in the county according to their population.