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House Bill 1931 |
House Author: Guillen et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-13 |
Senate Sponsor: Estes |
Current law authorizes a municipality or county to transfer certain excess funds received from the proceeds of the sale of an abandoned motor vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, or outboard motor to the municipality's or county's general revenue account to be used by the applicable law enforcement agency to compensate property owners whose property was damaged as a result of a pursuit involving the law enforcement agency. House Bill 1931 amends the Transportation Code to alternatively authorize the transfer of such funds in that manner to be used by the attorney representing the state for those compensation purposes, if the vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, or outboard motor was located in a county with a population of less than 150,000.