Bill Text: TX HB321 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the development of a statewide motor vehicle registration program to prevent transnational motor vehicle theft; authorizing fees.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-15 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [HB321 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB321-Introduced.html
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| By: Canales | H.B. No. 321 | |
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| relating to the development of a statewide motor vehicle | ||
| registration program to prevent transnational motor vehicle theft; | ||
| authorizing fees. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 411, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 411.0094 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 411.0094. MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION PROGRAM: | ||
| TRANSNATIONAL THEFT. (a) In this section, "owner" means the owner | ||
| of a motor vehicle as shown on the vehicle registration records of | ||
| the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles or the analogous department | ||
| or agency of another state or country. | ||
| (b) The department shall develop a statewide motor vehicle | ||
| registration program to help prevent the transnational theft of | ||
| motor vehicles. The department may not implement the program | ||
| unless the legislature subsequently provides by general law for the | ||
| implementation of the program. | ||
| (c) Under the program, an owner of a motor vehicle may | ||
| register the motor vehicle with the department to authorize a peace | ||
| officer to stop the registered vehicle before the vehicle crosses | ||
| the international border of this state. | ||
| (d) The department shall develop a form to register a motor | ||
| vehicle under the program. The form must advise the owner of the | ||
| motor vehicle regarding the provisions of Subsection (g). A motor | ||
| vehicle may not be registered under the program unless the owner | ||
| consents to the provisions of Subsection (g). | ||
| (e) The program must provide a method for an owner to | ||
| withdraw a motor vehicle from the program. The program may not | ||
| require an owner of a motor vehicle to participate in the program. | ||
| (f) After implementation of the program, the department | ||
| shall maintain a database of all motor vehicles registered under | ||
| the program. | ||
| (g) A peace officer who observes a motor vehicle that is | ||
| registered under the program and is crossing the international | ||
| border of this state may stop the motor vehicle to determine whether | ||
| the motor vehicle is being operated by the owner or with the owner's | ||
| permission. | ||
| (h) The department shall propose rules to administer the | ||
| program and may propose a registration fee in an amount sufficient | ||
| to recover the cost of administering the program. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
