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By: Naishtat (Senate Sponsor - Carona) |
H.B. No. 586 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 18, 2009; |
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May 19, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Transportation and Homeland Security; May 22, 2009, reported |
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favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 22, 2009, sent |
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to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the evidence required for the release of a motor vehicle |
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after impoundment of the vehicle for failure to maintain evidence |
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of financial responsibility. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 601.262(c), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) The evidence of financial responsibility must cover the |
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two-year period immediately following the date the defendant |
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applies for release of the impounded vehicle. The court, by order, |
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shall permit a defendant to provide evidence of insurability in |
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increments of a period of not less than six months. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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