By Allen                                              H.B. No. 1156
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the definition of 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]
 1-8     and:
 1-9                 (1)  does not have lawfully attached to it:
1-10                       (A)  an unexpired license plate; or
1-11                       (B)  a valid motor vehicle inspection
1-12     certificate;
1-13                 (2)  is wrecked, dismantled or partially dismantled, or
1-14     discarded; or
1-15                 (3)  is inoperable and has remained inoperable for more
1-16     than 45 consecutive days.
1-17           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-18           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
1-19     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-20     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-21     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-22     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.