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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the waiver of surcharges under the driver |
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responsibility program for offenses involving financial |
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responsibility where either compliance or exemption from the |
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requirement at the time of arrest can be demonstrated. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 708.103, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) The department may waive the surcharge for a conviction |
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of an offense under 601.191 or 601.371 if satisfactory evidence is |
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filed with the department showing that at the time of the arrest the |
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person was in compliance with the financial responsibility |
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requirement of Section 601.051 or was exempt from that section |
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under Section 601.007 or 601.052(a)(3). |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |