By: Hall S.B. No. 87

(In the Senate - Filed November 14, 2016; January 24, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; March 15, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; March 15, 2017, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to registration of a motor vehicle alleged to have been involved in a violation detected by a photographic traffic signal enforcement system.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 707.017, Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 707.017. REGISTRATION AFTER CIVIL PENALTY IMPOSED [ENFORCEMENT]. The [(a) If the owner of a motor vehicle is delinquent in the payment of a civil penalty imposed under this chapter, the] county assessor-collector or the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles may not refuse to register a motor vehicle alleged to have been involved in a [the] violation of this chapter solely because the owner of the motor vehicle is delinquent in the payment of a civil penalty imposed under this chapter.

[(b) This section does not apply to the registration of a motor vehicle under Section 501.0234.]

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.

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