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By: Harless (Senate Sponsor - Davis) |
H.B. No. 2530 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2009; |
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May 4, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Transportation and Homeland Security; May 11, 2009, reported |
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favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 11, 2009, |
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sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of a county assessor-collector or the |
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Texas Department of Transportation to refuse to register certain |
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vehicles. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 707.017, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 707.017. ENFORCEMENT. (a) If the owner of a motor |
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vehicle is delinquent in the payment of a civil penalty imposed |
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under this chapter, the county assessor-collector or the Texas |
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Department of Transportation may refuse to register a motor vehicle |
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alleged to have been involved in the violation. |
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(b) This section does not apply to the registration of a |
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motor vehicle under Section 501.0234. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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