Bill Text: TX SB87 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to registration of a motor vehicle alleged to have been involved in a violation detected by a photographic traffic signal enforcement system.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-08 - Referred to Transportation [SB87 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB87-Engrossed.html

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By: Hall, Garcia, Huffines S.B. No. 87

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to registration of a motor vehicle alleged to have been
involved in a violation detected by a photographic traffic signal
enforcement system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 707.017, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 707.017. REGISTRATION AFTER CIVIL PENALTY IMPOSED
[ENFORCEMENT]. The [(a) If the owner of a motor vehicle is
delinquent in the payment of a civil penalty imposed under this
chapter, the] county assessor-collector or the Texas Department of
Motor Vehicles may not refuse to register a motor vehicle alleged to
have been involved in a [the] violation of this chapter solely
because the owner of the motor vehicle is delinquent in the payment
of a civil penalty imposed under this chapter.
[(b) This section does not apply to the registration of a
motor vehicle under Section 501.0234.]
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.