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.
_______________________________ _______________________________
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