1-1 By: Tillery (Senate Sponsor - Cain) H.B. No. 707
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 1999;
1-3 May 6, 1999, read first time and referred to Committee on State
1-4 Affairs; May 14, 1999, reported favorably by the following vote:
1-5 Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 14, 1999, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to dismissal of an inspection certificate violation.
1-9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10 SECTION 1. Section 548.605, Transportation Code, is amended
1-11 to read as follows:
1-12 Sec. 548.605. DISMISSAL OF CHARGE; ADMINISTRATIVE FEE. (a)
1-13 In this section, "working day" means any day other than a Saturday,
1-14 a Sunday, or a holiday on which county offices are closed.
1-15 (b) The court shall [may]:
1-16 (1) dismiss a charge of driving with an expired
1-17 inspection certificate if:
1-18 (A) the defendant remedies the defect within 10
1-19 working days; and
1-20 (B) the inspection certificate has not been
1-21 expired for more than 60 days; and
1-22 (2) assess an administrative fee not to exceed $10
1-23 when the charge of driving with an expired inspection certificate
1-24 has been remedied.
1-25 (c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b)(1)(B), the court may
1-26 dismiss a charge of driving with an expired inspection certificate
1-27 that has been expired for more than 60 days.
1-28 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-29 The change in law made by this Act applies only to an offense
1-30 committed on or after the effective date of this Act. For purposes
1-31 of this section, an offense is committed before the effective date
1-32 of this Act if any element of the offense occurs before that date.
1-33 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this
1-34 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
1-35 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-36 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-37 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-38 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-39 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-40 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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