76R13162 WP-D
By Tillery H.B. No. 707
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 707:
By Turner of Coleman C.S.H.B. No. 707
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to dismissal of an inspection certificate violation.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 548.605, Transportation Code, is amended
1-5 to read as follows:
1-6 Sec. 548.605. DISMISSAL OF CHARGE; ADMINISTRATIVE FEE. (a)
1-7 In this section, "working day" means any day other than a Saturday,
1-8 a Sunday, or a holiday on which county offices are closed.
1-9 (b) The court shall [may]:
1-10 (1) dismiss a charge of driving with an expired
1-11 inspection certificate if:
1-12 (A) the defendant remedies the defect within 10
1-13 working days; and
1-14 (B) the inspection certificate has not been
1-15 expired for more than 60 days; and
1-16 (2) assess an administrative fee not to exceed $10
1-17 when the charge of driving with an expired inspection certificate
1-18 has been remedied.
1-19 (c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b)(1)(B), the court may
1-20 dismiss a charge of driving with an expired inspection certificate
1-21 that has been expired for more than 60 days.
1-22 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-23 The change in law made by this Act applies only to an offense
1-24 committed on or after the effective date of this Act. For purposes
2-1 of this section, an offense is committed before the effective date
2-2 of this Act if any element of the offense occurs before that date.
2-3 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this
2-4 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
2-5 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
2-6 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-7 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-8 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-9 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-10 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.