Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 3422	House Author:  Lozano
Effective:  6-17-11	Senate Sponsor:  Hinojosa

Under previous law, a county law enforcement agency was authorized to use funds received from the sale of a motor vehicle abandoned as a result of a vehicular pursuit involving the agency and transferred to the county's general revenue account to compensate property owners whose property was damaged as a result of the pursuit. House Bill 3422 amends the Transportation Code to extend that authorization to any law enforcement agency, to make the authorization apply with respect to excess funds from the sale of an abandoned motor vehicle, watercraft, or outboard motor transferred to a municipality's or county's general revenue fund, and to remove the limitations on the amount of the compensation payment.