By Callegari, Green H.B. No. 1368
77R3966 DWS-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to application for registration of vehicles used by
1-3 nonprofit disaster relief organizations.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 502.203(b), Transportation Code, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (b) An application for registration under this section must
1-8 include:
1-9 (1) a statement by the owner of the vehicle that the
1-10 vehicle is used exclusively for emergencies and has not been used
1-11 for any other purpose; and
1-12 (2) [a statement by the sheriff of the county in which
1-13 the vehicle is registered that the vehicle has not been used for
1-14 any purpose other than emergencies; and]
1-15 [(3)] a reasonable description of the vehicle and the
1-16 emergency equipment included in the vehicle.
1-17 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
1-18 applies only to an application submitted on or after the effective
1-19 date of this Act. An application submitted before the effective
1-20 date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the
1-21 application was submitted, and the former law is continued in
1-22 effect for that purpose.
1-23 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1
1-24 Amend H.B. No. 1368 as follows:
2-1 (1) On page , line , after "(2)" insert "a statement
2-2 signed by an officer of the non-profit disaster relief organization
2-3 that the vehicle has not been used for any purpose other than
2-4 emergencies and qualifies for registration under this section;
2-5 and".
2-6 (2) On page , line , reinstate Subdivision "(3)".
2-7 Alexander