Bill Text: TX HB2306 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the use of auction proceeds from the sale of certain abandoned motor vehicles to reimburse law enforcement agencies for compensation paid to certain property owners.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB2306 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2306-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the use of auction proceeds from the sale of certain abandoned motor vehicles to reimburse law enforcement agencies for compensation paid to certain property owners.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB2306 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2306-Introduced.html
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By: Guillen | H.B. No. 2306 |
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relating to the use of auction proceeds from the sale of certain | ||
abandoned motor vehicles to reimburse law enforcement agencies for | ||
compensation paid to certain property owners. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 683.015(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A law enforcement agency is entitled to reimbursement | ||
from the proceeds of the sale of an abandoned motor vehicle, | ||
aircraft, watercraft, or outboard motor for: | ||
(1) the cost of the auction; | ||
(2) towing, preservation, and storage fees resulting | ||
from the taking into custody; [ |
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(3) the cost of notice or publication as required by | ||
Section 683.012; and | ||
(4) any compensation made by the agency under | ||
Subsection (f) to property owners whose property was damaged as a | ||
result of a pursuit involving the motor vehicle. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 683.015(a), Transportation Code, as | ||
amended by this Act, applies only to proceeds of a sale of an | ||
abandoned motor vehicle that takes place on or after the effective | ||
date of this Act. Proceeds of a sale of an abandoned motor vehicle | ||
that takes place before the effective date of this Act are governed | ||
by the law in effect on the date of the sale, and the former law is | ||
continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |