Bill Text: TX SB1386 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the refusal to register motor vehicles by a county assessor-collector or the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [SB1386 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1386-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1386 |
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relating to the refusal to register motor vehicles by a county | ||
assessor-collector or the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 502.185, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by amending Subsections (a) and (f) and adding Subsection (f-1) 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 information that the owner of the vehicle: | ||
(1) owes the county money for a fine, fee, or tax that | ||
is past due; or | ||
(2) failed to appear in connection with a complaint, | ||
citation, information, or indictment in a court in the county in | ||
which a criminal proceeding is pending against the owner. | ||
(f) A county that has a contract under Subsection (b) may | ||
impose an additional fee of $20 to: | ||
(1) a person who fails to pay [ |
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tax to the county by the date on which the fine, fee, or tax is | ||
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(2) a person who fails to appear in connection with a | ||
complaint, citation, information, or indictment in a court in which | ||
a criminal proceeding is pending against the owner. | ||
(f-1) The additional fee 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. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 702.003, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection (e-1) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) A municipality may contract with a county in which the | ||
municipality is located or the department to provide information to | ||
the county assessor-collector or department necessary to make a | ||
determination under Subsection (a). | ||
(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 | ||
(3) dismissal of the charge for which the arrest | ||
warrant was issued. | ||
(e-1) A municipality that has a contract under Subsection | ||
(b) may impose an additional $20 fee to 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. The additional fee 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. | ||
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by Sections 502.185 and | ||
702.003, Transportation Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to | ||
a failure to appear or a fine, fee, or tax in connection with a | ||
complaint, citation, information, or indictment issued on or after | ||
the effective date of this Act. A failure to appear or a fine, fee, | ||
or tax in connection with a complaint, citation, information, or | ||
indictment issued before the effective date of this Act is subject | ||
to the law in effect on that date, and that law is continued in | ||
effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1386 passed the Senate on | ||
May 9, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3; and that the | ||
Senate concurred in House amendment on May 25, 2011, by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1386 passed the House, with | ||
amendment, on May 20, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 140, | ||
Nays 9, one present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |