Sec. 481.064. REGISTRATION FEES. (a) Except as otherwise provided by Section 481.0645 for a physician licensed under Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code, the director may charge a nonrefundable fee of not more than $25 before processing an application for annual registration and may charge a late fee of not more than $50 for each application for renewal the department receives after the date the registration expires. The director by rule shall set the amounts of the fees at the amounts that are necessary to cover the cost of administering and enforcing this subchapter. Except as provided by Subsection (b) or Section 156.004, Occupations Code, registrants shall pay the fees to the director. Not later than 60 days before the date the registration expires, the director shall send a renewal notice to the registrant at the last known address of the registrant according to department records, unless the registrant is a physician to whom notice of expiration is provided under Section 156.004, Occupations Code.
(b) The director may authorize a contract between the department and an appropriate state agency for the collection and remittance of the fees. The director by rule may provide for remittance of the fees collected by state agencies for the department.
(c) The director shall deposit the collected fees to the credit of the operator's and chauffeur's license account in the general revenue fund. The fees may be used only by the department in the administration or enforcement of this subchapter.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 745, Sec. 9, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 251, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1391 (S.B. 1879), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 956 (H.B. 1803), Sec. 3, eff. January 1, 2014.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1268 (S.B. 195), Sec. 25(1), eff. September 1, 2016.
Text of section effective until September 01, 2016
Last modified: September 28, 2016