Five cents of every dollar in electric vehicle registration fees would go to county and road district highway funds
What it does
HB 1072 would change where Texas sends the extra fees it collects for registering and renewing electric vehicles. Under current law, those fees go to the state highway fund. The bill would send one-twentieth of the fees to county and road district highway funds and leave the rest with the state highway fund. The fee amounts themselves would not change under this bill. The bill would take effect September 1, 2027.
What it means for your community
If you own an electric vehicle, you would keep paying the same extra registration fee you pay now. The difference is where the money lands. A slice of it would stay in your county and road district highway fund, the money local officials use for county roads. Electric vehicle sales are growing in Texas, so that money would grow with them. Your county does not get a say in this change, because the state decides how registration fees are split between state and local road funds.
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