Amend CSHB 1623 as follows:
(1) Strike SECTION 4 of the bill (committee printing page 1,
line 43 through line 49) and substitute:
SECTION 4. Section 521.054, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) A court may dismiss a charge for a violation of this
section if the defendant remedies the defect not later than the 20th
working day after the date of the offense and pays an administrative
fee not to exceed $20. The court may waive the administrative fee if
the waiver is in the interest of justice.
(2) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to
the bill and renumber existing SECTIONS appropriately:
SECTION __. Section 502.407(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) A justice of the peace or municipal court judge having
jurisdiction of the offense may:
(1) dismiss a charge of driving with an expired motor
vehicle registration if the defendant:
(A) remedies the defect not later than the 20th
[10th] working day after the date of the offense or before the
defendant's first court appearance date, whichever is later; and
(B) establishes that the fee prescribed by
Section 502.176 has been paid; and
(2) assess an administrative fee not to exceed $20
[$10] when the charge is dismissed.
SECTION __. Section 521.026, Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 521.026. DISMISSAL OF EXPIRED LICENSE CHARGE. (a) A
judge may dismiss a charge of driving with an expired license if the
defendant remedies this defect within 20 [10] working days or
before the defendant's first court appearance date, whichever is
later.
(b) The judge may assess the defendant an administrative fee
not to exceed $20 [$10] when the charge of driving with an expired
driver's license is dismissed under Subsection (a).
SECTION __. Section 548.605(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The court shall:
(1) dismiss a charge of driving with an expired
inspection certificate if:
(A) the defendant remedies the defect within 20
[10] working days or before the defendant's first court appearance
date, whichever is later; and
(B) the inspection certificate has not been
expired for more than 60 days; and
(2) assess an administrative fee not to exceed $20
[$10] when the charge of driving with an expired inspection
certificate has been remedied.