HBA- MPA C.S.S.B. 688 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisS.B. 688
By: Carona
County Affairs
4/19/1999
Engrossed



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Current law permits a municipality or county to adopt procedures for the
removal of a junked motor vehicle from public or private property or a
public right-of-way. Under current provisions, if a vehicle that has been
declared a public nuisance is moved to another property prior to its
removal by the municipality, legal notice that has been given is nullified
and the notification process must start over.  S.B.688 authorizes the
procedures to provide that the relocation of a junked vehicle that is a
public nuisance to another location in the same municipality or county, has
no effect on the proceeding after the abatement and removal of the public
nuisance has commenced if the junked vehicle constitutes a public nuisance
at the new location. 

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 683.074, Transportation Code, by adding
Subsection (g), to authorize the procedures providing that the relocation
of a junked vehicle that is a public nuisance to another location in the
same municipality or county has no effect on the proceeding after the
abatement and removal of the public nuisance has commenced, if the junked
vehicle constitutes a public nuisance at the new location. 

SECTION 2.Emergency clause.
  Effective date: upon passage.