1-1                                   AN ACT

 1-2     relating to notification of a judgment against a Mexican resident

 1-3     arising from a vehicle accident.

 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 601.331(e), Transportation Code, is

 1-6     amended to read as follows:

 1-7           (e)  If the defendant named in a judgment reported to the

 1-8     department is a nonresident, the department shall send a certified

 1-9     copy of the judgment to the official in charge of issuing driver's

1-10     licenses and vehicle registrations of the state, [or] province of

1-11     Canada, or state of Mexico in which the defendant resides.

1-12           SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only

1-13     to a judgment rendered on or after the effective date of this Act.

1-14     A  judgment rendered before the effective date of this Act is

1-15     governed by the law in effect when the judgment was rendered, and

1-16     the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.

1-17           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.

1-18           SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the

1-19     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

1-20     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

1-21     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

1-22     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.

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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House

               I certify that H.B. No. 1049 was passed by the House on April

         11, 1997, by a non-record vote.

                                             _______________________________

                                                 Chief Clerk of the House

               I certify that H.B. No. 1049 was passed by the Senate on

         April 29, 1997, by a viva-voce vote.

                                             _______________________________

                                                 Secretary of the Senate

         APPROVED:  _____________________

                            Date

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                          Governor