Bill Text: TX HB77 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the verification of motor vehicle financial responsibility information.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-24 - Considered in Calendars [HB77 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB77-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Guillen | H.B. No. 77 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 77: | |||
| By: Davis of Dallas | C.S.H.B. No. 77 | ||
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| relating to the verification of motor vehicle financial | ||
| responsibility information. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 601.053, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
| by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (d), (e), and (f) | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (c) Subsection (b) does not apply if the peace officer | ||
| determines through use of the verification program established | ||
| under Subchapter N that financial responsibility has been | ||
| established for the vehicle. If a peace officer has access to the | ||
| verification program, the officer may not issue a citation for a | ||
| violation of Section 601.051 unless the officer attempts to verify | ||
| through the program that financial responsibility has been | ||
| established for the vehicle and is unable to make that | ||
| verification. | ||
| (d) An operator required to provide evidence of financial | ||
| responsibility under Subsection (a) may provide the evidence of | ||
| financial responsibility in electronic format displayed on a | ||
| wireless communication device or other portable electronic device. | ||
| (e) The display of an image that includes financial | ||
| responsibility information on a wireless communication device or | ||
| other portable electronic device under Subsection (d) does not | ||
| constitute effective consent for a law enforcement officer, or any | ||
| other person, to access the contents of the wireless communication | ||
| device or other portable electronic device except to view the | ||
| financial responsibility information. | ||
| (f) A telecommunications provider, as defined by Section | ||
| 51.002, Utilities Code, may not be held liable to the operator of | ||
| the motor vehicle for the failure of a wireless communication | ||
| device to display financial responsibility information under | ||
| Subsection (d). | ||
| 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. | ||
