H.B. No. 586
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
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.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 586 was passed by the House on May 15,
2009, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 586 was passed by the Senate on May
27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor