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By Swinford H.B. No. 2067
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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 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 which complies with Sections 502.153(c) and
1-19 601.168(a), the policies to be written by an insurance company or
1-20 surety company authorized to write motor vehicle liability
1-21 insurance in this state.
1-22 (i) The department may:
1-23 (1) adopt rules to administer this section; and
1-24 (2) prescribe an application for a permit and other
2-1 forms under this section.
2-2 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
2-3 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-4 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-5 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three separate
2-6 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-7 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-8 passage, and it is so enacted.