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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a garagekeeper's duty to report the abandonment of a |
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motor vehicle. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 683.031(c), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) The garagekeeper shall report the abandonment of the |
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motor vehicle to a law enforcement agency with jurisdiction where |
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the vehicle is located [or to the Department of Public Safety] and |
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shall pay a $10 fee to be used by the law enforcement agency for the |
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cost of the notice required by this subchapter or other cost |
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incurred in disposing of the vehicle. [A fee paid to the Department
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of Public Safety shall be used to administer this chapter.] |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |