85R9837 GRM-D     By: Craddick H.B. No. 3652       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to an exemption for open-enrollment charter schools from   taxes imposed on the sale, lease, or rental of a motor vehicle and   registration fees for motor vehicles.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 152.001(7), Tax Code, is amended to read   as follows:                (7)  "Public agency" means:                      (A)  a department, commission, board, office,   institution, or other agency of this state or of a county, city,   town, school district, hospital district, water district, or other   special district or authority or political subdivision created by   or under the constitution or the statutes of this state; [or]                      (B)  an unincorporated agency or instrumentality   of the United States; or                      (C)  an open-enrollment charter school.          SECTION 2.  Section 502.453(a), Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)  The owner of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer   may annually apply for registration under Section 502.451 and is   exempt from the payment of a registration fee under this chapter if   the vehicle is:                (1)  owned by and used exclusively in the service of:                      (A)  the United States;                      (B)  this state; [or]                      (C)  a county, municipality, or school district in   this state; or                      (D)  an open-enrollment charter school;                (2)  owned by a commercial transportation company and   used exclusively to provide public school transportation services   to a school district under Section 34.008, Education Code;                (3)  designed and used exclusively for fire fighting;                (4)  owned by a volunteer fire department and used   exclusively in the conduct of department business;                (5)  privately owned and used by a volunteer   exclusively in county marine law enforcement activities, including   rescue operations, under the direction of the sheriff's department;                (6)  used by law enforcement under an alias for covert   criminal investigations; or                (7)  owned by units of the United States Coast Guard   Auxiliary headquartered in Texas and used exclusively for conduct   of United States Coast Guard or Coast Guard Auxiliary business and   operations, including search and rescue, emergency communications,   and disaster operations.          SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act do not affect   tax liability accruing before the effective date of this Act. That   liability continues in effect as if this Act had not been enacted,   and the former law is continued in effect for the collection of   taxes due and for civil and criminal enforcement of the liability   for those taxes.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2017.