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.