By: Harris  S.B. No. 395
         (In the Senate - Filed January 31, 2007; February 21, 2007,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence;
  April 12, 2007, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6,
  Nays 0; April 12, 2007, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to dismissal of the charge in certain traffic offense
  cases.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subsection (b), Section 502.407, 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 2.  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 3.  Subsection (b), Section 548.605, 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.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
 
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