Bill Text: TX HB3224 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the release of certain information relating to motor vehicle accidents.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-02 - Left pending in committee [HB3224 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB3224-Introduced.html

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84R5690 AJZ-F
By: Murr H.B. No. 3224

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the release of certain information relating to motor
vehicle accidents.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 550.065(c), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) On written request and payment of any required fee, the
department or the governmental entity shall release the information
to:
(1) an entity described by Subsection (b);
(2) the law enforcement agency that employs the peace
officer who investigated the accident and sent the information to
the department;
(3) the court in which a case involving a person
involved in the accident is pending if the report is subpoenaed; or
(4) a person who provides the department or
governmental entity with [two or more of the following]:
(A) the date of the accident; and
(B) [the specific address or the highway or
street where the accident occurred; or
[(C)] the name of any person involved in the
accident.
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, 2015.