Texas Transportation Code - TRANSP § 502.0024. Extended Registration of Certain Trailers

(a) Notwithstanding Section 502.044(c), the department shall develop and implement a system of registration to allow an owner of a trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer having an actual gross weight or registered gross weight of 7,500 pounds or less to register the vehicle for an extended registration period of not more than five years.  The owner may select the number of years for registration under this section within that range and register the vehicle for that period.  Payment for all applicable fees, including any optional fee imposed under Subchapter H and other registration fees and the fee required by Section 548.510, for the entire registration period selected is due at the time of registration.

(b) The fee required by Section 548.510 shall be remitted to the comptroller for deposit in the Texas mobility fund, the general revenue fund, and the clean air account in amounts proportionate to the allocation prescribed by Subsection (d) of that section.

(c) The fees imposed under Subchapter H   1 shall be collected and remitted as prescribed by that subchapter.