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Amend HB 588 by adding the following appropriately numbered
SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS
accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter I, Chapter 601, Transportation
Code, is amended by adding Section 601.2611 to read as follows:
Sec. 601.2611. RELEASE OF VEHICLE ON PROOF OF FINANCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY. This section applies only to a municipality with a
population of more than 1.14 million and less than 1.18 million.
Notwithstanding any other law or a court order under Section
601.261, the owner or operator of a storage facility shall release a
vehicle impounded at the facility under this subchapter and waive
the fee under Section 601.263 if the owner of the vehicle provides
evidence of financial responsibility for the vehicle to the owner
or operator of the facility not later than 48 hours after the
vehicle was impounded.