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Tex. Transp. Code § 502.404 (2026)

Voluntary Assessment For Texas Agricultural Finance Authority

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Sec. 502.404. VOLUNTARY ASSESSMENT FOR TEXAS AGRICULTURAL FINANCE AUTHORITY. (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.

Transferred, redesignated and amended from Transportation Code, Section 502.174 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357), Sec. 138, eff. January 1, 2012.

Amended by:

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1197 (S.B. 1214), Sec. 7, eff. June 14, 2013.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 32 cases, 2002–2015 · leading case: Spence v. State, 325 S.W.3d 646 (Tex. Crim. App. 2010).
Spence v. State, 325 S.W.3d 646 (Tex. Crim. App. 2010). · cites it 10× “Under current law, the registration sticker is attached to the driver’s side windshield, while the license plates are still displayed at the front and rear of the vehicle. . Senate Comm, on State Affairs, Bill Analysis, Tex.”
Goudeau v. State, 209 S.W.3d 713 (Tex. App. 2006). · cites it 3× “” In other words, appellant did not have both a front and back license plate as required by the Texas Transportation Code. Tex. Transp. Code § 502.”
Guillory v. State, 99 S.W.3d 735 (Tex. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “Tex. Trans. Code Ann. § 502.404 (d) (Vernon 2001).”
Garcia v. State, 218 S.W.3d 756 (Tex. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “Code Ann. § 521.025 (Vernon 1999) (defining offense of failing to display driver’s license on demand of police officer).”
United States v. Sumlin, 489 F.3d 683 (5th Cir. 2007). “See Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 502.404 (Vernon 1995).”
United States v. Salinas, 665 F. Supp. 2d 717 (W.D. Tex. 2009). · cites it 2× “Tex. Transp. Code § 502.404(a); see Texas v.”
Kelly v. State, 331 S.W.3d 541 (Tex. App. 2011). “See Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 502.404 (a) (West 2007).”
Gant v. State, 116 S.W.3d 124 (Tex. App. 2003). “Tex Transp. Code Ann. § 502.404 (Vernon 1999).”
Strauss v. Ford Motor Co., 439 F. Supp. 2d 680 (N.D. Tex. 2006). · cites it 2× “” Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 502.404 (a) (Vernon 1999).”
State v. Losoya, 128 S.W.3d 413 (Tex. App. 2004). “Officer Drozd testified and the State now argues that this was a violation of transportation code section 502.”
Pincherli v. State, 671 S.E.2d 891 (Ga. Ct. App. 2008). “See Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 502.404 (a) (2002).”
Spence v. State, 296 S.W.3d 315 (Tex. App. 2009). “Tex. TraNSP. Code Ann. § 502.404 (a) (Vernon Supp.”
— Tex. Transp. Code § 502.404(a) — 10 cases
Spence v. State, 325 S.W.3d 646 (Tex. Crim. App. 2010). “Under current law, the registration sticker is attached to the driver’s side windshield, while the license plates are still displayed at the front and rear of the vehicle. . Senate Comm, on State Affairs, Bill Analysis, Tex.”
Goudeau v. State, 209 S.W.3d 713 (Tex. App. 2006). “” In other words, appellant did not have both a front and back license plate as required by the Texas Transportation Code. Tex. Transp. Code § 502.”
United States v. Salinas, 665 F. Supp. 2d 717 (W.D. Tex. 2009). “Tex. Transp. Code § 502.404(a); see Texas v.”
Guillory v. State, 99 S.W.3d 735 (Tex. App. 2003). “Tex. Trans. Code Ann. § 502.404 (d) (Vernon 2001).”
Spence, Tawin (Tex. Crim. App. 2010).
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