79R7489 JD-D
By: Whitmire S.B. No. 1062
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a political subdivision to require the
operator of a tow truck to obtain a license or permit.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 643.201(d), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(d) A political subdivision may [not] require a person who
holds a driver's license or commercial driver's license to obtain a
license or permit for operating a tow truck if [unless] the person
performs or proposes to perform consent or nonconsent tows in the
territory of the political subdivision. A fee charged for a license
or permit may not exceed $15.
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.