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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.