1-1 By: Gutierrez, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Truan) H.B. No. 1049
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 14, 1997;
1-3 April 16, 1997, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 International Relations, Trade, and Technology; April 24, 1997,
1-5 reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0;
1-6 April 24, 1997, sent to printer.)
1-7 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-8 AN ACT
1-9 relating to notification of a judgment against a Mexican resident
1-10 arising from a vehicle accident.
1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12 SECTION 1. Section 601.331(e), Transportation Code, is
1-13 amended to read as follows:
1-14 (e) If the defendant named in a judgment reported to the
1-15 department is a nonresident, the department shall send a certified
1-16 copy of the judgment to the official in charge of issuing driver's
1-17 licenses and vehicle registrations of the state, [or] province of
1-18 Canada, or state of Mexico in which the defendant resides.
1-19 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
1-20 to a judgment rendered on or after the effective date of this Act.
1-21 A judgment rendered before the effective date of this Act is
1-22 governed by the law in effect when the judgment was rendered, and
1-23 the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-24 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
1-25 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
1-26 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-27 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-28 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-29 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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