Bill Text: TX HB2306 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the denial of the registration of a motor vehicle based on certain information provided by a county to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-12 - Referred to Transportation [HB2306 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2306-Engrossed.html
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By: Fierro | H.B. No. 2306 |
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relating to the denial of the registration of a motor vehicle based | ||
on certain information provided by a county to the Texas Department | ||
of Motor Vehicles. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 502.010, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by amending Subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (f), and (f-1) and | ||
adding Subsections (a-1) and (k) to read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a county | ||
assessor-collector [ |
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motor vehicle if the assessor-collector [ |
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receives information that the owner of the vehicle: | ||
(1) owes the county money for a fine, fee, or tax that | ||
is past due; or | ||
(2) failed to appear in connection with a complaint, | ||
citation, information, or indictment in a court in the county in | ||
which a criminal proceeding is pending against the owner. | ||
(a-1) If the department determines that a county | ||
assessor-collector is authorized to refuse to register a vehicle | ||
under Subsection (a): | ||
(1) the vehicle may not be registered through an | ||
online system designated by the department under Section | ||
520.005(d); and | ||
(2) the department shall refuse to register the | ||
vehicle through an online system that is available to the public. | ||
(b) The [ |
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develop and implement a system through which counties may [ |
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provide information to the department necessary to make a | ||
determination under Subsection (a-1) [ |
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under this section must: | ||
(1) verify in real time the information described by | ||
Subsection (a) by searching against the vehicle owner's driver's | ||
license number, date of birth, or other information provided to the | ||
department; and | ||
(2) be used for the registration of a vehicle | ||
conducted through the department's Internet website. | ||
(c) A county that provides information [ |
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under Subsection (b) shall immediately notify the department | ||
regarding a person for whom the county assessor-collector or the | ||
department has refused to register a motor vehicle on: | ||
(1) the person's payment or other means of discharge, | ||
including a waiver, of the past due fine, fee, or tax; or | ||
(2) perfection of an appeal of the case contesting | ||
payment of the fine, fee, or tax. | ||
(d) After notice is received under Subsection (c), the | ||
county assessor-collector or the department may not refuse to | ||
register the motor vehicle under Subsection (a) or (a-1). | ||
(f) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a county | ||
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reimbursement fee of $20 to: | ||
(1) a person who fails to pay a fine, fee, or tax to the | ||
county by the date on which the fine, fee, or tax is due; or | ||
(2) a person who fails to appear in connection with a | ||
complaint, citation, information, or indictment in a court in which | ||
a criminal proceeding is pending against the owner. | ||
(f-1) The additional reimbursement fee may be used only to | ||
reimburse [ |
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expenses for providing services under this section [ |
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or another county department for expenses related to services under | ||
this section [ |
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(k) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the | ||
department: | ||
(1) may collect information necessary to implement | ||
this section, including a vehicle owner's driver's license number | ||
or date of birth; and | ||
(2) may not disclose any personal identifying | ||
information collected under this section, including a vehicle | ||
owner's driver's license number or date of birth. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 502.010(e), Transportation Code, is | ||
repealed. | ||
SECTION 3. The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles shall | ||
implement the system required by Section 502.010(b), | ||
Transportation Code, as amended by this Act, not later than | ||
September 1, 2022. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 502.010, Transportation Code, as amended | ||
by this Act, applies only to an application for motor vehicle | ||
registration or registration renewal received by the Texas | ||
Department of Motor Vehicles on or after the effective date of this | ||
Act. An application for registration or registration renewal that | ||
was received before the effective date of this Act is governed by | ||
the law in effect on the date the application was received, and the | ||
former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 5. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this | ||
section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2022. | ||
(b) Section 3 of this Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |