BILL ANALYSIS C.S.H.B. 1413 By: Bohac Urban Affairs Committee Report (Substituted) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Current statute concerning classifying a vehicle as a "junked vehicle" is ambiguous and often interpreted differently by various municipalities. C.S.H.B. 1413 amends the Transportation Code to clarify the requirements for a vehicle to be classified as a "junked vehicle." RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS C.S.H.B. 1413 amends the Transportation Code to modify a criterion in the definition of "junked vehicle" under provisions for abandoned motor vehicles, to mean a self-propelled vehicle that displays an expired license plate or invalid motor vehicle inspection certificate or does not display a license plate or motor vehicle inspection certificate, rather than does not have lawfully attached to it an unexpired license plate and a valid motor vehicle inspection certificate. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2009. COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE C.S.H.B. 1413 differs from the original by clarifying that a "junked vehicle," in addition to other existing criteria, is one that displays an expired license plate or invalid motor vehicle inspection certificate or does not display a license plate or motor vehicle inspection certificate, rather than is missing a lawfully attached unexpired license plate or valid motor vehicle inspection certificate, as in the original.
BILL ANALYSIS
# BILL ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 1413
By: Bohac
Urban Affairs
Committee Report (Substituted)
C.S.H.B. 1413
By: Bohac
Urban Affairs
Committee Report (Substituted)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Current statute concerning classifying a vehicle as a "junked vehicle" is ambiguous and often interpreted differently by various municipalities. C.S.H.B. 1413 amends the Transportation Code to clarify the requirements for a vehicle to be classified as a "junked vehicle."
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS C.S.H.B. 1413 amends the Transportation Code to modify a criterion in the definition of "junked vehicle" under provisions for abandoned motor vehicles, to mean a self-propelled vehicle that displays an expired license plate or invalid motor vehicle inspection certificate or does not display a license plate or motor vehicle inspection certificate, rather than does not have lawfully attached to it an unexpired license plate and a valid motor vehicle inspection certificate.
EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2009.
COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
C.S.H.B. 1413 differs from the original by clarifying that a "junked vehicle," in addition to other existing criteria, is one that displays an expired license plate or invalid motor vehicle inspection certificate or does not display a license plate or motor vehicle inspection certificate, rather than is missing a lawfully attached unexpired license plate or valid motor vehicle inspection certificate, as in the original.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Current statute concerning classifying a vehicle as a "junked vehicle" is ambiguous and often interpreted differently by various municipalities.
C.S.H.B. 1413 amends the Transportation Code to clarify the requirements for a vehicle to be classified as a "junked vehicle."
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 1413 amends the Transportation Code to modify a criterion in the definition of "junked vehicle" under provisions for abandoned motor vehicles, to mean a self-propelled vehicle that displays an expired license plate or invalid motor vehicle inspection certificate or does not display a license plate or motor vehicle inspection certificate, rather than does not have lawfully attached to it an unexpired license plate and a valid motor vehicle inspection certificate.
EFFECTIVE DATE
September 1, 2009.
COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
C.S.H.B. 1413 differs from the original by clarifying that a "junked vehicle," in addition to other existing criteria, is one that displays an expired license plate or invalid motor vehicle inspection certificate or does not display a license plate or motor vehicle inspection certificate, rather than is missing a lawfully attached unexpired license plate or valid motor vehicle inspection certificate, as in the original.