By Maxey H.B. No. 2316 76R7732 DWS-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to dismissal of certain vehicle equipment violations. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Section 547.004, Transportation Code, is amended 1-5 by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: 1-6 (c) A judge having jurisdiction over an offense under this 1-7 section may: 1-8 (1) dismiss the charge if the defendant remedies the 1-9 defect within 10 working days; and 1-10 (2) assess an administrative fee not to exceed $10 1-11 when the charge is dismissed. 1-12 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-13 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-14 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-15 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-16 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-17 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.