By: Carona S.B. No. 419
(In the Senate - Filed January 7, 2009; February 17, 2009,
read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and
Homeland Security; April 8, 2009, reported adversely, with
favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9,
Nays 0; April 8, 2009, sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 419 By: Carona
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. Subsection (c), Section 601.262, Transportation
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(c) The evidence of financial responsibility must cover the
one-year [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.
* * * * *