By Woolley H.B. No. 314
75R1807 JD-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the authority of the commissioners court of a county to
1-3 exempt certain vehicles from inscription requirements.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 721.005(b), Transportation Code, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (b) The commissioners court of a county may exempt from the
1-8 requirements of Section 721.004:
1-9 (1) an automobile when used to perform an official
1-10 duty by a:
1-11 (A) police department;
1-12 (B) sheriff's office;
1-13 (C) constable's office;
1-14 (D) criminal district attorney's office;
1-15 (E) district attorney's office;
1-16 (F) county attorney's office; [or]
1-17 (G) magistrate as defined by Article 2.09, Code
1-18 of Criminal Procedure; or
1-19 (H) county fire marshal's office; or
1-20 (2) a juvenile probation department vehicle used to
1-21 transport children, when used to perform an official duty.
1-22 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
1-23 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-24 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.