1-1 By: Swinford, Horn (Senate Sponsor - Bivins) H.B. No. 2067
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 1997;
1-3 May 7, 1997, read first time and referred to Committee on State
1-4 Affairs; May 18, 1997, reported favorably by the following vote:
1-5 Yeas 12, Nays 0; May 18, 1997, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to temporary vehicle registration.
1-9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10 SECTION 1. Section 502.354, Transportation Code, is amended
1-11 by amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (i) to read as
1-12 follows:
1-13 (e) A person may obtain a permit under this section by:
1-14 (1) applying on a form provided by the department to:
1-15 (A) the county assessor-collector of the county
1-16 in which the vehicle will first be operated on a public highway; or
1-17 (B) the department in Austin or at one of the
1-18 department's vehicle title and registration regional offices; [and]
1-19 (2) paying a fee, in cash or by postal money order or
1-20 certified check, of:
1-21 (A) $5 for a one-trip permit; or
1-22 (B) $25 for each 30-day period; and
1-23 (3) furnishing evidence of financial responsibility
1-24 for the vehicle in a form listed under Section 502.153(c).
1-25 (i) The department may:
1-26 (1) adopt rules to administer this section; and
1-27 (2) prescribe an application for a permit and other
1-28 forms under this section.
1-29 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
1-30 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-31 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-32 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-33 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
1-34 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
1-35 passage, and it is so enacted.
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