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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to registration or transfer of title of a motor vehicle |
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alleged to have been involved in a violation detected by a |
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photographic traffic signal enforcement system. |
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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. REGISTRATION OR TRANSFER OF TITLE AFTER |
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NOTICE OF VIOLATION ISSUED [ENFORCEMENT]. (a) Neither the [If the
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owner of a motor vehicle is delinquent in the payment of a civil
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penalty imposed under this chapter, the] county assessor-collector |
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nor [or] the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles may refuse to |
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transfer the title of or register a motor vehicle alleged to have |
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been involved in a [the] violation of this chapter solely: |
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(1) based on the alleged violation; or |
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(2) because the owner of the motor vehicle is |
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delinquent in the payment of a civil penalty imposed under this |
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chapter. |
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(b) A local authority or the person with which the local |
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authority contracts for the administration and enforcement of a |
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photographic traffic signal enforcement system may not provide |
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information about a violation of this chapter to a person |
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authorized to register or issue a title for a vehicle under Chapter |
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501, 502, or 520. [This section does not apply to the registration
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of a motor vehicle under Section 501.0234.] |
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SECTION 2. Section 707.017, Transportation Code, as amended |
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by this Act, applies only to a civil penalty imposed under Chapter |
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707, Transportation Code, on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. A civil penalty imposed before the effective date of this Act |
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is governed by the law in effect when the civil penalty was imposed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |