Bill Text: TX HB3770 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the refusal to register motor vehicles by a county assessor-collector or the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles; authorizing a fee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-23 - Left pending in committee [HB3770 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3770-Introduced.html
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| By: Coleman | H.B. No. 3770 | |
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| relating to the refusal to register motor vehicles by a county | ||
| assessor-collector or the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles; | ||
| authorizing a fee. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 702, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 702. CONTRACTS FOR ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN ARREST WARRANTS | ||
| OR PAYMENT OF CERTAIN FINES | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 702.003, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
| by amending Subsections (a), (c), and (e-1) and adding Subsections | ||
| (e-2) and (g) to read as follows: | ||
| (a) A county assessor-collector or the department may refuse | ||
| to register a motor vehicle if the assessor-collector or the | ||
| department receives under a contract information from a | ||
| municipality that the owner of the vehicle: | ||
| (1) has an outstanding warrant from that municipality | ||
| for failure to appear or failure to pay a fine on a complaint that | ||
| involves the violation of a traffic law; or | ||
| (2) is past due in the payment of a fine from that | ||
| municipality on a complaint that involves the violation of a | ||
| traffic law. | ||
| (c) A municipality that has a contract under Subsection (b) | ||
| shall notify the county assessor-collector or the department | ||
| regarding a person for whom the county assessor-collector or the | ||
| department has refused to register a motor vehicle on: | ||
| (1) entry of a judgment against the person and the | ||
| person's payment to the court of the fine for the violation and of | ||
| all court costs; | ||
| (2) perfection of an appeal of the case for which the | ||
| arrest warrant was issued or the case contesting payment of the | ||
| fine; or | ||
| (3) dismissal of the charge for which the arrest | ||
| warrant was issued or discharge of the past due fine. | ||
| (e-1) A municipality that has a contract under Subsection | ||
| (b) may impose an additional $20 fee to: | ||
| (1) a person who has an outstanding warrant from the | ||
| municipality for failure to appear or failure to pay a fine on a | ||
| complaint that involves the violation of a traffic law; or | ||
| (2) a person paying a past due fine from the | ||
| municipality on a complaint that involves the violation of a | ||
| traffic law. | ||
| (e-2) The additional fee imposed under Subsection (e-1) may | ||
| be used only to reimburse the department or the county | ||
| assessor-collector for its expenses for providing services under | ||
| the contract, or another county department for expenses related to | ||
| services under the contract. | ||
| (g) In this section: | ||
| (1) a fine is considered past due if it is unpaid 90 or | ||
| more days after the date it is due; and | ||
| (2) registration of a motor vehicle includes renewal | ||
| of the registration of the vehicle. | ||
| SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
| a fine in connection with a complaint or citation issued on or after | ||
| the effective date of this Act. A fine in connection with a | ||
| complaint or citation issued before the effective date of this Act | ||
| is subject to the law in effect on the date the complaint or | ||
| citation was issued, and that law is continued in effect for that | ||
| purpose. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
