By Smith H.B. No. 1103
76R3763 DWS-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to when a vehicle becomes a junked vehicle.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 683.071, Transportation Code, is amended
1-5 to read as follows:
1-6 Sec. 683.071. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "junked
1-7 vehicle" means a vehicle that is self-propelled and inoperable and:
1-8 (1) does not have lawfully attached to it:
1-9 (A) an unexpired license plate; or
1-10 (B) a valid motor vehicle inspection
1-11 certificate;
1-12 (2) is wrecked, dismantled or partially dismantled, or
1-13 discarded; or
1-14 (3) has remained inoperable for more than:
1-15 (A) 48 consecutive hours, if the vehicle is on
1-16 public property; or
1-17 (B) 15 [45] consecutive days, if the vehicle is
1-18 on private property.
1-19 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-20 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-21 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-22 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-23 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-24 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.