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Amend HB 1638 by adding the following appropriately numbered
SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill
accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 644.103, Transportation Code, is
amended by adding Subsections (c-1) and (c-2) to read as follows:
(c-1) A vehicle operator may not be issued a citation or be
held criminally or administratively liable more than once for the
same violation committed on the same calendar day. A person who
detains a vehicle under this section shall provide the vehicle
operator a written statement, on a form adopted by the department,
that indicates:
(1) the date of the detention;
(2) whether the detained vehicle was inspected; and
(3) each violation that was found during the
detention, or if no violation was found, a statement to that effect.
(c-2) A person who stops a vehicle under this section may not
detain or require the vehicle to be inspected if the vehicle
operator displays to the person a statement provided under
Subsection (c-1) that indicates that the vehicle was detained and
inspected within the 15-day period preceding the date of the stop.