By:  Hamric                                                       H.B. No. 2955



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the operation of a motor vehicle.                                 
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 284.209, Transportation Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	Sec. 284.209.  ENFORCEMENT OF DECISION.  A decision issued 
under Section 284.208(a) may be enforced by:
		(1)  placing a device that prohibits movement of a 
motor vehicle on the vehicle that is the subject of the decision;
		(2)  imposing an additional fine if the fine for the 
offense is not paid within a specified time; and [or]
		(3)  refusing to allow the registration of the vehicle.                       
	SECTION 2.  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 3.  This Act applies only to a violation of an order 
that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act.  A violation 
of an order that occurs before the effective date of this Act is 
governed by the law as it existed immediately before the effective 
date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for this 
purpose.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.