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Texas Transportation Code - Section 396.041. County License

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§ 396.041. COUNTY LICENSE.  (a) This section does not 
apply to:           
		(1)  a recycling business;                                                    
		(2)  a junkyard or automotive wrecking and salvage yard 
located entirely in a municipality and subject to regulation by the 
municipality;  or
		(3)  a junkyard or automotive wrecking and salvage yard 
in operation before June 1, 1987.
	(b)  To protect the public health, safety, or welfare, the 
commissioners court of a county may by ordinance require a junkyard 
or automotive wrecking and salvage yard to be licensed by the 
county.
	(c)  An ordinance may:                                                         
		(1)  impose a fee of $25 for the issuance or renewal of 
a license;          
		(2)  impose a fee of not more than $150 for the issuance 
or renewal of a license, if the ordinance is adopted by the 
commissioners court of a county with a population of one million or 
more that contains two or more municipalities, each of which has a 
population of 250,000 or more;
		(3)  condition the license on the operation of the 
junkyard or automotive wrecking and salvage yard only at a location 
approved by the commissioners court;  or
		(4)  establish grounds for suspending or revoking a 
license if the junkyard or automotive wrecking and salvage yard is 
not screened.
	(d)  The county shall deposit each license fee received to 
the credit of the county general fund.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended 
by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 636, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

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