HB 1075: Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles Operations

GENERAL BILL by Alvarez, D.

Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles Operations; Requires licensure in lieu of registration of certain motor carriers; requires motor carriers to obtain fuel use decals; revises fuel tax decals, renewal, and temporary fuel-use requirements; removes driveway permit provisions; revises motor fuel use tax return provisions; creates penalties for certain offenses; authorizes DHSMV to inspect specified documents of motor carriers, motor fuel retail dealers, & wholesalers; requires motor carriers to destroy fuel tax decals & notify department; revises methods for suspending driver licenses; revises requirements for documenting applicant's proof of legal residency; revises purposes for which department may provide notification by electronic mail.

Current Bill Version Posted: 2/25/2025 03:09 PM

• Related Bills (3)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 1077 by Alvarez, D. Pub. Rec./E-mail Addresses/DHSMV Last Action: 5/3/2025 H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration	Linked
  S 1290 (c2) by Collins Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles Last Action: 5/3/2025 S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration	Similar
  S 1292 by Collins Public Records/E-mail Addresses/DHSMV Last Action: 5/3/2025 S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration	Compare

• Citations - Statute (34)

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  207.001	Short title.	Page 3 [pdf]
  207.002	Definitions.	Page 3 [pdf]
  207.003	Privilege tax levied.	Page 6 [pdf]
  207.004	Registration of motor carriers; identifying devices; fees; renewals; temporary fuel-use permits and driveaway permits.	Page 7 [pdf]
  207.005	Returns and payment of tax; delinquencies; calculation of fuel used during operations in the state; credit; bond.	Page 12 [pdf]
  207.007	Offenses; penalties and interest.	Page 14 [pdf]
  207.008	Retention of records by motor carrier.	Page 16 [pdf]
  207.011	Inspection of records; hearings; forms; rules.	Page 16 [pdf]
  207.013	Suits for collection of unpaid taxes, penalties, and interest.	Page 17 [pdf]
  207.014	Departmental warrant for collection of unpaid taxes.	Page 18 [pdf]
  207.019	Discontinuance or transfer of business; change of address.	Page 18 [pdf]
  207.023	Authority to inspect vehicles, make arrests, seize property, and execute warrants.	Page 19 [pdf]
  207.0281	Registration; cooperative reciprocal agreements between states.	Page 20 [pdf]
  212.08	Sales, rental, use, consumption, distribution, and storage tax; specified exemptions.	Page 21 [pdf]
  316.065	Crashes; reports; penalties.	Page 22 [pdf]
  316.545	Weight and load unlawful; special fuel and motor fuel tax enforcement; inspection; penalty; review.	Page 22 [pdf]
  318.15	Failure to comply with civil penalty or to appear; penalty.	Page 23 [pdf]
  319.35	Unlawful acts in connection with motor vehicle odometer readings; penalties.	Page 24 [pdf]
  320.02	Registration required; application for registration; forms.	Page 25 [pdf]
  320.605	Legislative intent.	Page 27 [pdf]
  320.63	Application for license; contents.	Page 28 [pdf]
  320.95	Transactions by electronic or telephonic means.	Page 30 [pdf]
  322.01	Definitions.	Page 30 [pdf]
  322.08	Application for license; requirements for license and identification card forms.	Page 31 [pdf]
  322.18	Original applications, licenses, and renewals; expiration of licenses; delinquent licenses.	Page 31 [pdf]
  322.21	License fees; procedure for handling and collecting fees.	Page 31 [pdf]
  322.245	Suspension of license upon failure of person charged with specified offense under chapter 316, chapter 320, or this chapter to comply with directives ordered by traffic court or upon failure to pay child support in non-IV-D cases as provided in chapt	Page 32 [pdf]
  322.251	Notice of cancellation, suspension, revocation, or disqualification of license.	Page 33 [pdf]
  322.2616	Suspension of license; persons under 21 years of age; right to review.	Page 35 [pdf]
  322.292	DUI programs supervision; powers and duties of the department.	Page 36 [pdf]
  322.64	Holder of commercial driver license; persons operating a commercial motor vehicle; driving with unlawful blood-alcohol level; refusal to submit to breath, urine, or blood test.	Page 39 [pdf]
  324.091	Notice to department; notice to insurer.	Page 40 [pdf]
  324.171	Self-insurer.	Page 41 [pdf]
  328.30	Transactions by electronic or telephonic means.	Page 71 [pdf]

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  2/25/2025	H	• Filed
  3/4/2025	H	• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  3/5/2025	H	• Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee • Referred to Ways & Means Committee • Referred to Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee • Referred to State Affairs Committee • Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
  5/3/2025	H	• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration