HBA-MPA, RAR H.B. 924 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 924
By: Craddick
Transportation
3/12/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, the law allows a person five days to renew vehicle registration
regardless of whether there is an available location open to provide that
service.  This five-day period includes holidays and weekends.  H.B. 924
allows five working days after the date that vehicle registration expires
before a person commits an offense. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 502.407(a), Transportation Code, to provide that
a person commits a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $200 for
operating a vehicle after the fifth working day, rather than after the
fifth day, after the date the vehicle's registration expires. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.
                       Makes application of this Act prospective.

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.