SRC-SEW H.B. 2313 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   H.B. 2313
By: Bosse (Gallegos)
State Affairs
5/8/2001
Engrossed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

The Vehicle Storage Facility Act provides for the regulation of proper
motor vehicle storage. However, some feel that the Transportation Code does
not adequately address the disposal of abandoned nuisance motor vehicles
and does not provide communities and vehicle storage facilities with the
authority to dispose of such vehicles in an expeditious fashion. H.B. 2313
establishes provisions for the disposal of nuisance motor vehicles by
vehicle storage facilities.  

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a
state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 683.001, Transportation Code, by adding
Subdivisions (9) and (10) to define "abandoned nuisance vehicle" and
"vehicle storage facility," respectively.   
  
SECTION 2.  Amends Section 683.012, Transportation Code, by adding
Subsection (e) to provide that a law enforcement agency is not required to
send a notice, as otherwise required by Subsection (a), if the agency has
received notice from a vehicle storage facility that an application has or
will be submitted to the department or a law enforcement agency for the
disposal of an abandoned nuisance vehicle. 
 
SECTION 3.  Amends Section 683.034(e), Transportation Code, to authorize
the storage facility, if the law enforcement agency does not take the
vehicle into custody before the 31st day after the date notice is sent
under Section 683.012, to dispose dispose of the vehicle under: Chapter 70,
Property Code, except that notice under Section 683.012 satisfies the
notice requirements of that chapter; or the Vehicle Storage Facility Act
(Article 6687-9a, Revised Statutes), under certain conditions.   
    
SECTION 4.  Effective date:  September 1, 2001.