H.B. No. 1773




AN ACT

relating to regulation of junked vehicles.                                    
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 683, Transportation Code, 
is amended by adding Section 683.0711 to read as follows:
	Sec. 683.0711.  MUNICIPAL REQUIREMENTS.  An ordinance 
adopted by a governing body of a municipality may provide for a more 
inclusive definition of a junked vehicle subject to regulation 
under this subchapter.
	SECTION 2.  Section 683.072, Transportation Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	Sec. 683.072.  JUNKED VEHICLE DECLARED TO BE PUBLIC 
NUISANCE.  A junked vehicle, including a part of a junked vehicle, 
that is visible at any time of the year from a public place or 
public right-of-way:
		(1)  is detrimental to the safety and welfare of the 
public;                
		(2)  tends to reduce the value of private property;                           
		(3)  invites vandalism;                                                       
		(4)  creates a fire hazard;                                                   
		(5)  is an attractive nuisance creating a hazard to the 
health and safety of minors;
		(6)  produces urban blight adverse to the maintenance 
and continuing development of municipalities; and
		(7)  is a public nuisance.                                                    
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 1773 was passed by the House on May 6, 
2003, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred in Senate 
amendments to H.B. No. 1773 on May 30, 2003, by a non-record vote.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	
I certify that H.B. No. 1773 was passed by the Senate, with 
amendments, on May 28, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 
0.

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                                                      Secretary of the Senate   



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              Governor