Bill Text: TX HB678 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the use of a wireless communication device to provide evidence of motor vehicle financial responsibility.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-04 - Left pending in committee [HB678 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB678-Introduced.html
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| By: Sheets | H.B. No. 678 | |
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| relating to the use of a wireless communication device to provide | ||
| evidence of motor vehicle financial responsibility. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 601.053(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) As a condition of operating in this state a motor | ||
| vehicle to which Section 601.051 applies, the operator of the | ||
| vehicle on request shall provide to a peace officer, as defined by | ||
| Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, or a person involved in an | ||
| accident with the operator evidence of financial responsibility by | ||
| exhibiting: | ||
| (1) a motor vehicle liability insurance policy | ||
| covering the vehicle that satisfies Subchapter D or a photocopy of | ||
| the policy; | ||
| (2) a standard proof of motor vehicle liability | ||
| insurance form prescribed by the Texas Department of Insurance | ||
| under Section 601.081 and issued by a liability insurer for the | ||
| motor vehicle, or an image provided by a liability insurer on a | ||
| wireless communication device that includes the information | ||
| required by Section 601.081; | ||
| (3) an insurance binder that confirms the operator is | ||
| in compliance with this chapter; | ||
| (4) a surety bond certificate issued under Section | ||
| 601.121; | ||
| (5) a certificate of a deposit with the comptroller | ||
| covering the vehicle issued under Section 601.122; | ||
| (6) a copy of a certificate of a deposit with the | ||
| appropriate county judge covering the vehicle issued under Section | ||
| 601.123; or | ||
| (7) a certificate of self-insurance covering the | ||
| vehicle issued under Section 601.124 or a photocopy of the | ||
| certificate. | ||
| 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, 2013. | ||
