Tex. Transportation Code § 502.404
This is the official text of Tex. Transportation Code § 502.404, part of Texas’s Transportation Code — governs vehicles, drivers, and roadways.
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§ 502.404. VOLUNTARY ASSESSMENT FOR TEXAS AGRICULTURAL FINANCE AUTHORITY.
Official statutory text
(a) When a person registers a commercial motor vehicle under Section 502.433, the person shall pay a voluntary assessment of $5.
(b) The county assessor-collector shall send an assessment collected under this section to the comptroller, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority, for deposit in the Texas agricultural fund.
(c) The Texas Agricultural Finance Authority shall prescribe procedures under which an assessment collected under this section may be refunded. The county assessor-collector of the county in which an assessment is collected shall:
(1) implement the refund procedures; and
(2) provide notice of those procedures to a person paying an assessment at the time of payment.
(b) The county assessor-collector shall send an assessment collected under this section to the comptroller, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority, for deposit in the Texas agricultural fund.
(c) The Texas Agricultural Finance Authority shall prescribe procedures under which an assessment collected under this section may be refunded. The county assessor-collector of the county in which an assessment is collected shall:
(1) implement the refund procedures; and
(2) provide notice of those procedures to a person paying an assessment at the time of payment.
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