By: Phillips, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Hancock) H.B. No. 2065
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2017;
  May 5, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Transportation; May 10, 2017, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 10, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to fines collected by a county or municipality from the
  enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety standards.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 644.102, Transportation Code, is amended
  by adding Subsections (f-1) and (f-2) to read as follows:
         (f-1)  A municipality or county that retains a fine from the
  enforcement of this chapter shall annually file with the
  comptroller a report that details the amount of fines retained from
  the enforcement of this chapter and the actual expenses claimed by
  the municipality or county for the enforcement of this chapter
  during the previous fiscal year. A municipality or county that
  fails to file a report as required by this subsection shall send to
  the comptroller for deposit to the credit of the Texas Department of
  Transportation an amount equal to the amount retained by the
  municipality or county in the fiscal year the report would cover.
         (f-2)  The comptroller shall adopt rules as necessary to
  implement and enforce Subsection (f-1).
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
 
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