1-1                                   AN ACT

 1-2     relating to temporary vehicle registration.

 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-4           SECTION 1.  Section 502.354, Transportation Code, is amended

 1-5     by amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (i) to read as

 1-6     follows:

 1-7           (e)  A person may obtain a permit under this section by:

 1-8                 (1)  applying on a form provided by the department to:

 1-9                       (A)  the county assessor-collector of the county

1-10     in which the vehicle will first be operated on a public highway; or

1-11                       (B)  the department in Austin or at one of the

1-12     department's vehicle title and registration regional offices; [and]

1-13                 (2)  paying a fee, in cash or by postal money order or

1-14     certified check, of:

1-15                       (A)  $5 for a one-trip permit; or

1-16                       (B)  $25 for each 30-day period; and

1-17                 (3)  furnishing evidence of financial responsibility

1-18     for the vehicle in a form listed under Section 502.153(c).

1-19           (i)  The department may:

1-20                 (1)  adopt rules to administer this section; and

1-21                 (2)  prescribe an application for a permit and other

1-22     forms under this section.

1-23           SECTION 2.  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,

 2-4     and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its

 2-5     passage, and it is so enacted.

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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House

               I certify that H.B. No. 2067 was passed by the House on May

         5, 1997, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not

         voting.

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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House

               I certify that H.B. No. 2067 was passed by the Senate on May

         26, 1997, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

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                                                 Secretary of the Senate

         APPROVED:  _____________________

                            Date

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                          Governor