HBA-TBM C.S.H.B. 489 77(R)BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 489 By: Pickett County Affairs 3/6/2001 Committee Report (Substituted) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Under current state law, a vehicle may be considered junked if it does not have either a lawfully attached unexpired license plate or a valid motor vehicle inspection certificate or it is either wrecked or inoperable. C.S.H.B. 489 requires the vehicle to lack an unexpired license plate or a valid motor vehicle inspection certificate and also to be wrecked or inoperable to be considered a junked vehicle. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS C.S.H.B. 489 amends the Transportation Code to alter the definition of "junked vehicle" to provide that a vehicle is considered a junked vehicle if it does not have an unexpired license plate or a valid motor vehicle inspection certificate lawfully attached to it, and is wrecked, dismantled, partially dismantled, or discarded, or is inoperable and has remained inoperable for more than 72 consecutive hours on public property or 30 consecutive days on private property. A junked vehicle that is declared to be a public nuisance is subject to abatement procedures. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2001. COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE The substitute differs from the original bill by defining a junked vehicle as one without a valid license plate or a valid motor vehicle inspection certificate that is also wrecked, dismantled or partially dismantled, discarded, or inoperable.