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Senate Bill 500 |
Senate Author: Hegar |
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Effective: 9-1-07 |
House Sponsor: Zerwas |
Senate Bill 500 amends the Transportation Code to authorize a sheriff's office in certain counties to maintain a list of towing companies to perform, in rotation, nonconsent tows of motor vehicles at the request of a peace officer investigating a traffic accident or incident. The bill sets out procedures relating to the development and use of the list. The bill makes it a misdemeanor offense punishable by a fine for a person, in a county that maintains such a towing company list, to arrive at the scene of an accident or incident to perform a nonconsent tow without first being contacted by the sheriff's office, to either directly or indirectly solicit towing services on streets located in the county for a vehicle that has been rendered legally undrivable by an accident, or to enter the scene of a traffic accident or incident without the permission of the peace officer.