81R2976 SLB-D
By: Naishtat H.B. No. 586
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the evidence required for the release of a motor vehicle
after impoundment of the vehicle for failure to maintain evidence
of financial responsibility.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 601.262(c), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) The evidence of financial responsibility must cover the
six-month [two-year] period immediately following the date the
defendant applies for release of the impounded vehicle.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1
Amend H.B. 586 (introduced version) on page 1, by striking
lines 8 through 10 and substituting the following:
(c) The evidence of financial responsibility must cover the
two-year period immediately following the date the defendant
applies for release of the impounded vehicle. The court, by order,
shall permit a defendant to provide evidence of insurability in
increments of a period of not less than six months.
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