79R6661 JD-F

By:  Hamric                                                       H.B. No. 1538



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of a county assessor-collector or the 
Texas Department of Transportation to refuse to register certain 
vehicles.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 502.185(a), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A county assessor-collector or the department may 
refuse to register a motor vehicle if the assessor-collector or the 
department receives information that the owner of the vehicle owes 
a [the] county in this state money for a fine, fee, or tax that is 
past due.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.