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| 1 | 1 | 81R5821 JD-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Parker H.B. No. 1040 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of operating a | |
| 8 | 8 | motor vehicle with an expired inspection certificate. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 548.602(c), Transportation Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (c) It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (a)(1) | |
| 13 | 13 | that: | |
| 14 | 14 | (1) an inspection certificate for the vehicle is in | |
| 15 | 15 | effect at the time of the arrest; or | |
| 16 | 16 | (2) the defendant provides to the court a receipt | |
| 17 | 17 | issued by an inspection station showing that the date of expiration | |
| 18 | 18 | designated on the inspection certificate issued for the vehicle is | |
| 19 | 19 | incorrect and that the offense charged was alleged to have occurred | |
| 20 | 20 | before the fifth day after the correct date of expiration that | |
| 21 | 21 | should have been designated on the certificate. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to an | |
| 23 | 23 | offense under Section 548.602(a)(1), Transportation Code, | |
| 24 | 24 | regardless of whether the offense was committed before, on, or | |
| 25 | 25 | after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |