By:  Hamric (Senate Sponsor - Lindsay)                            H.B. No. 2955
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2005; 
May 12, 2005, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Transportation and Homeland Security; May 20, 2005, reported 
adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following 
vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 20, 2005, sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2955                                   By:  Shapleigh


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.  The heading of Section 502.185, Transportation 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 502.185.  REFUSAL TO REGISTER VEHICLE BY [IN CERTAIN] 
COUNTIES OR DEPARTMENT.
	SECTION 3.  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 4.  (a)  The changes in law made by this Act to 
Section 284.209, Transportation Code, apply 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.
	(b)  The changes in law made by this Act to Section 502.185, 
Transportation Code, apply only to the registration of a motor 
vehicle that is applied for on or after the effective date of this 
Act.
	SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           



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